How important Robin Van Persie is to
Arsenal!
As the
Premier League season approaches its final stages to what has been an eccentrically
odd campaign, the second most important part of the soccer season begins. The transfer market is one of the most
difficult and nerve racking times for players and managers. Football giants become involved in financial
warfare to secure their current players or to acquire new weapons for their infantry. This is the business side of soccer. It can become very cruel and usually ignites
certain feuds between players and managers who disagree on contracts or
decisions.
Loyalty
becomes irrelevant as Real Madrid knows with David Beckam. Before the end of La Ligua, David assured his
beloved club he would return to the Bernabeu, but instead a small American team
with no history or significant trophies came into a large amount of cash and
stole David as if they were experienced Con men. In the soccer world today, money can buy you
anything.
The
less powerful clubs attempt to protect their players from bigger clubs with
larger wallets. For instance, Sunderland
tried to keep Englishman Phil Jones, but Manchester United managed to lure Phil
into the Old Trafford, despite Phil’s past and development with his childhood
club, Sunderland!
Arsene
Wenger will have the task of trying to keep the most prolific striker in the
English Premier League, Robin Van Persie.
The Dutchman makes scoring seem as easy as 1, 2, 3. His magnificent chips make goalkeepers seem as
useless as a deaf musician, his volleys defy the laws of physics and his
ability to run with the ball is second to none.
At the
beginning of the season, Arsenal seemed as though they would find themselves in
the basement of the Premier League as they stayed in a disappointing 17th
position. The team had as much chemistry
as two complete strangers and mutiny on Arsene Wenger’s tipsy boat seemed as
inevitable as Amy Winehouse’s early death.
A team with so much potential seemed to be conforming to critic’s sky
high expectations!
One
player, Robin Van Persie, managed to glue the squad together into a stellar
team with a venomous attack. The newly
appointed Captain, finally injury free, began to score goals as often as
alcoholics drink. Robin ignited the
desire for the players to live up to expectations and brought the club back up
to third place. Robin’s 28 goals have
been as important as an oasis in the desert.
His achievements have not gone unnoticed by other clubs.
Manchester
City began trying to lure Robin from the early stages of the campaign with
contracts that could buy an entire African country. The bids started at 40 million and quickly went
to 55 million. Fortunately, Robin
expressed his willingness to negotiate with Arsenal and his desire to stay with
his current club. The striker has one
year left on his contract and now would be the time to seal the deal with the
Premier League’s best forward.
Robin has been with Arsenal for almost 8
years and his departure would bring tears to the Gunners’ fans. Arsene Wenger said on Wednesday “I brought
him here a long, long time ago and he has developed fantastically well as a man
and as a player.” “Today he is a
world-class player and he deserves great credit. Hopefully, we can keep him here.”
Arsenal currently sits third in the Premier
League, only one point in front of the Spurs who hold the final spot in the
Champions League. One thing is for
certain, if Arsenal wishes to aspire to anything greater than a third place
finish and would like to finally gain some trophies to put in their West London
display, they must sign the Dutchman. If
they manage to keep Van Persie, they will be a force to be reckoned with next
season as they will have Lucas Podolski to play with the Dutchman!
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