Robin van Persie ~ The Flying Dutchman

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Re: Robin van Persie ~ The Flying Dutchman

Postby Arsenal Tone » Fri Aug 16, 2019 9:52 pm

What about Henry going to Barca, how do we feel about that?
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Re: Robin van Persie ~ The Flying Dutchman

Postby Va-Va-Voom » Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:03 pm

Tony_Adams wrote:What about Henry going to Barca, how do we feel about that?


Snake of the highest order.

He said he would never play in Spain after we lost the CL Final to Barca then joined them the very next season.
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Re: Robin van Persie ~ The Flying Dutchman

Postby Ach » Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:04 pm

Va-Va-Voom wrote:
Tony_Adams wrote:What about Henry going to Barca, how do we feel about that?


Snake of the highest order.

He said he would never play in Spain after we lost the CL Final to Barca then joined them the very next season.
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Re: Robin van Persie ~ The Flying Dutchman

Postby Zedie » Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:39 pm

UFGN wrote:We paid him millions to sit in the treatment room, which is one of the reasons his betrayal stung so much

Cesc was a different situation. A Catalan born product of the Barca academy is only ever going to truly love Barca. No point hating a cat for meowing.


Yup, we could have not offered a new contract when he was miles away from getting fit again
And ge would have been screwed. Instead we had his back for years and struggled without him.
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Re: Robin van Persie ~ The Flying Dutchman

Postby jayramfootball » Sat Aug 17, 2019 12:01 am

RVP was a fabulous player.
He said exactly what needed to be said and for that Wenger treated him like cr*p and ran him out of the club. Wenger always put himself above the good of the club.
RVP had no option but to leave.
In the end he won a title, so he made the right choice because he knew for certain that his career would have ended without one playing for Wenger.
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Re: Robin van Persie ~ The Flying Dutchman

Postby VCC » Sat Aug 17, 2019 2:38 am

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Re: Robin van Persie ~ The Flying Dutchman

Postby Dejan » Sat Aug 17, 2019 9:46 am

Tony_Adams wrote:What about Henry going to Barca, how do we feel about that?
Joined the best club in the world.
Dont blame him

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Re: Robin van Persie ~ The Flying Dutchman

Postby themessiah » Sat Aug 17, 2019 10:43 am

Said we didn't offer him a new contract, lol

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Re: Robin van Persie ~ The Flying Dutchman

Postby Dejan » Sat Aug 17, 2019 3:13 pm

Doubt thats true.

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Re: Robin van Persie ~ The Flying Dutchman

Postby Phil71 » Sat Aug 17, 2019 3:20 pm

He's a f***ing liar.

We offered him a contract - then withdrew it when we heard he had negotiated a deal with man utd our backs.

From then on it was a matter of negotiating a price with them.
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Re: Robin van Persie ~ The Flying Dutchman

Postby Nuggets » Sat Aug 17, 2019 3:22 pm

VCC wrote:Judas


This.
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Re: Robin van Persie ~ The Flying Dutchman

Postby Ach » Sat Aug 17, 2019 3:23 pm

themessiah wrote:Said we didn't offer him a new contract, lol


After watching that I have to say he is more despicable than I thought
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Re: Robin van Persie ~ The Flying Dutchman

Postby Royal Gooner » Sat Aug 17, 2019 6:07 pm

I heard that had he gone pitchside, BT would have had loads of She Said No chants going on in the background.
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Re: Robin van Persie ~ The Flying Dutchman

Postby Callum » Sat Aug 17, 2019 6:11 pm

Probably went like this:

AFC: "Hey Robin, we'll make you our best paid player by some distance - how does £140k p/w sound?"
RVP: "£300k p/w and I get to pick the team"
AFC: "Well, no"

7 years later

RVP: "omg they never offered me a deal I had to leave"
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Re: Robin van Persie ~ The Flying Dutchman

Postby Va-Va-Voom » Sat Aug 17, 2019 6:35 pm

Wouldn't be surprised.

It was Gazidis after all, probably offered some lowball bullshit contract.
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