Let’s be clear. On his day van Persie was outstanding. But those days were few and far between. In his 11 seasons in England he only hit 30 goals in all competitions twice. Once for us and once for United. He only hit more than 20 goals twice. That means he had seven seasons that were absolute mediocre. He spent about three years between 2005-2008 injured and completely useless to us. The same people who criticize Wengers patience laud van Persie. When frankly you couldn’t have one without the other. An ambitious manager would have dumped vanPersie in the Erevedise in 2005.
It’s a different story with Cesc who carried the club on his back for most of his time. I can’t think of more value for money than any other player in our history.