Van Persie injured against Italy

[Q8 Gooner]

Guys.. Injury confirmed and seen on youtube.. lets just wait for the confirmation of the length.. Hopefully it will be a matter of weeks.. It doesn't look a very serious tackle.. But what do i know!!

[Popey]

Van Persie is expected to be examined in Amsterdam today by renowned ankle specialist Professor Niek van Dijk. The surgeon has previously treated Cristiano Ronaldo, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Michael Owen.

A team doctor said he feared Van Persie had ruptured ligaments in his ankle, an injury that would keep him out for at least three months. But if further examination reveals the ankle is broken, the star could miss the rest of the season.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... njury.html

shit!

[Fordy]

And to think some were laughing at the fact Dogba was injured...

I always resist the temptation to laugh at the injuries of players at rival clubs, I'm probably being silly but I feel that it can invite trouble to our players.

Exactly.

lol when i read this the first thing i thought off was the drogba thread

[gzagee]

SSN just said RvP's likely to miss these games:

Sunderland (h)
Standard Liege (h)
Chavs (h)
Citeh (a)
Olympiakos (a)

EDIT: that's the minimum amount of games they reckon he'll miss.

[FrustratedGooner]

Marouane Chamakh looks like and we best get him if its longer then 4 months out. Chamakh is on cracking form for bordeaux ideal replacement specaily since allot of are players are just comming back and amy nto be fully fit yet. i wodner if wenger will go for a cheekly loan deal for him? just till the end of the season?

no one can replace van persi but if are injuries dont grow from what they are we can still do something like this

Nasri/Rosicky---Eduardo----Arshavin
Fab---------(hmmm)
Song

if The or Bendtner come back then nasri or rosicky take middfield and either of those 2 slot up front and thats still pretty strong team.


Hate internatinals fookin hate them!

[rogerthornhill]

It's ironic that Arsenal will lose much more from this than Holland. From a cynical point of view if RVP was going to be injured then, for Holland, there could have been far worse times than this. Chamakh would be a reasonable replacement but, apparently, there are plenty of other clubs interested so with AW's transfer policies we could easily be outbid there.

[Goose]

It's ironic that Arsenal will lose much more from this than Holland. From a cynical point of view if RVP was going to be injured then, for Holland, there could have been far worse times than this. Chamakh would be a reasonable replacement but, apparently, there are plenty of other clubs interested so with AW's transfer policies we could easily be outbid there.

Doubt anyone will make a hug bid for Chamakh, he is free in the summer

[FrustratedGooner]

if we sign him we best do it in the winter if were still in all the cups and still high up the table he will come here for one reason or another.

[Andreys_Does_Simples]

if we sign him we best do it in the winter if were still in all the cups and still high up the table he will come here for one reason or another.

Down side is he's cup tied for the CL

[FrustratedGooner]

realy stupid questionb ut i thoght they only get cup tied if the teams gets knocked out?

[Leody]

No you are cup tied if you play in any match in the competition.

[bigben]

this is pointless, we better wait for the exams results to start speculating about who to buy or who to put in the starting lineup. These articles are unreliable as they don't have any insight and are just putting things out there without anything to back it up. I'll wait for Wenger's press announcement before starting to freak out.

[Inchpräctice]

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 73,00.html

Van Persie sets return date

Arsenal striker's injury not as serious as first feared
Last updated: 15th November 2009

Robin van Persie has moved to allay fears he has suffered a serious ankle injury by insisting he will be back in action within four to six weeks.

The Holland international lasted just ten minutes of Saturday's international friendly with Italy after partially rupturing a right ankle ligament following a challenge with Azzurri stopper Giorgio Chiellini.

Initial reports had suggested van Persie could even miss the rest of the season, although such conjecture was quietened when the Dutch FA confirmed he would not require surgery.

Van Persie, who has been in the form of his life this season, is confident that the problem is nowhere near as serious as first feared.

"The prognosis is that I will be out for four to six weeks," van Persie told the Dutch television station NOS.

The talented 26-year-old has scored eight goals in his last 11 matches for the North London club, who are second to Chelsea in the Premier League.

Arsenal host Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium on 29th November, a game van Persie will now miss.

[bigben]

lol i'm starting to think that it was a good thing that the media scared us off with 4 months, all of a sudden 4 weeks doesn't seem that bad... we would all be moaning if we heard 4 weeks in the begining lol...

[gooneritis]

No you are cup tied if you play in any match in the competition.

apparently if you sign someone in january they're not cup tied for the knockout matches, a new rule they've apparently brought in to allow clubs to still sign players who have already played in the CL that season.

this talk of chamchuck is premature.

van persie out for 6 weeks, not that bad i guess.