Saturday, 5 May 2012

Robin Van Persie


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!


Robin Van Persie scoring his 25th goal against Liverpool!










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