van Persie

[Lee]

Not many options for him then really if you rule out Barca.

Madrid are top-heavy on strikers.
He's said that he won't go to another English club so that will rule out City (although we've heard that old guff before).
He'd be wasted in the Italian league.
Germany? Can't see it.

I dunno. I'm guessing he'll end up at City.

[Chazza]

I guess it will be City although PSG might whack in a bid

[Lee]

Ah, forgot about PSG.

They've got to sell him as soon as possible then. Will be interesting to see how / if they re-invest the money that they get for him.

[the rev leeroy brown]

The arse have known for donkeys that RVP is leaving hence the weird "splurge" in the Market by them bringing in a couple of strikers. City will snap RVP up before the season starts and he'll fire them to a league win easy

[Kenneth]

How old is he? 28? How much do you think he'd cost with a year on his contract?

[lickedlollipop]

I guess it will be City although PSG might whack in a bid

[Chazza]

How old is he? 28? How much do you think he'd cost with a year on his contract?

20-25mil

[Slinky Skills]

Alonso, Arbeloa, Owen, McManaman

vs

Ronaldo, Beckham, RvN

Maybe.

Robin Van Nersie?

[Lee]

Robin Van Nersie?

Ruud van Nistelrooy.

[doogle]

Robin Van Nersie?

[Shaggy]

Interesting points

Andrew Beasley @BassTunedToRed
Is Robin van Persie overrated/overvalued based purely on 2011/12? Quite possibly.... (1/5)

Andrew Beasley @BassTunedToRed
(2/5) RvP appeared in 100% of Arsenal's PL games in 2011/12; in his previous 7 seasons he averaged just 58.6%, and never more than 73.7%

Andrew Beasley @BassTunedToRed
(3/5) RvP scored 30 PL goals in 2011/12, but only averaged 9.4 PL goals per season for Arsenal previously

Andrew Beasley @BassTunedToRed
(4/5) RvP scored a goal every 1.27 PL apps in 2011/12; he averaged one every 2.36 apps in the seven seasons prior

Andrew Beasley @BassTunedToRed
(5/5) So based on seven of his eight seasons, he doesn't play that often, and doesn't score that often either.

[Lee]

Which is why they should cash in on him now.

I know it smacks of being a small-minded club, but given his previous then Arsenal should take £20-25m and run. Better than having a half-arsed player (who is historically injury-prone) on the books for his final season.

[Norbs]

I think Norb's post was in jest to ~LFC History~'s post about a 'cheeky bid'.

I don't think Van Persie's ego would fit at Barcelona, just in my opinion, obv.

Hook, line, stinker

[Leyton388]

He was always going to leave.

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

Would anyone really be surprised to see Madrid bring him in and let Higuain go? They've let plenty of class players go in the past. City would probably need to get rid of one of Tevez or Dzeko but losing Dzeko means they've got no big man option.