City line up £30m Van Persie raid and offers £200,000 a week
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Real Madrid target Robin Van Persie
Robin van Persie is a target for Real Madrid.
The Spanish giants have noted that contract talks between the 28-year-old striker and Arsenal have stalled.
The predatory Real hierarchy are well aware that if Van Persie does not agree a new deal by the end of the season, he’ll have just 12 months left at the Emirates before becoming a free agent.
Boss Jose Mourinho has inspired Real to produce some thrilling football as they battle with Barcelona at the summit of La Liga and his side has stormed into the last 16 of the Champions League.
Van Persie has said that he will leave discussions until the end of the season.
He wants to be certain that the Gunners are heading in the right direction, both in terms of success on the field and the quality of signings.
Sources close to Van Persie insist he is open-minded and really hopes Arsenal can break their barren trophy-run with him as their on-feld leader.
Van Persie has already been at Arsenal for seven years and can see himself emulating the kind of long-term career that his old hero Dennis Bergkamp enjoyed with the Gunners.
But sentiment will not totally cloud his final decision.
And if contract talks fail, then Arsenal will be tempted to sell rather than lose the Dutchman on a free transfer in 2013.
Manchester City, the biggest spending club in the world, have placed Van Persie at the top of their wish list and they could
offer him a staggering £250,000-a-week. The kind of wages that would overwhelm any Arsenal offer in pure cash terms.
But Real believe that Van Persie is unlikely to play for another English club — if he finally decides to leave the Emirates.
Van Persie enjoys iconic status at the club and is captain.
He knows he would break Arsenal fans’ hearts by oving to a rival English club.
Senior Arsenal officials are confident Van Persie will extend his stay if manager Arsene Wenger brings in a cluster of high-profile signings, with the capture of Borussia Dortmund’s exciting youngster Mario Gotze his priority.
But if that master plan fails Van Persie may decide to continue his search for major trophies elsewhere.
And that’s why Real are waiting in the wings, confident they can offer a new challenge abroad that will suit Van Persie more than anything on offer in England.
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Arsenal is selling all their STARs ?
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give us higuain then i give you rvp -
City line up £30m Van Persie raid
SLIDING PAY-SCALE ... RVP could
get big wage rise if he joins CityMANCHESTER CITY will offer Robin van Persie a £41.6MILLION deal to join them in the summer.
The mega-rich Prem leaders are convinced they will land the Arsenal hitman with a £30m bid.
City are comfortable that Van Persie will not sign a new contract at the Emirates and follow Gunners Samir Nasri, Kolo Toure and Gael Clichy to the Etihad.
Van Persie has just 18 months left on his £80,000-a-week contract but City are planning to offer him a four-year deal worth £200,000 a week.
The Dutch star, 28, will line up against City in Manchester for tomorrow's big match.
And he knows this summer will provide his last chance to make one last big-money move — and he will also realise he has more chance of winning silverware with City.
Van Persie only has one FA Cup winners' medal to show for his seven years at Arsenal.
He is in red-hot form and has 33 Premier League goals so far for Arsenal in 2011.
That puts him only one behind ex-Gunner Thierry Henry and four away from breaking Alan Shearer's record of 36 from 1995.
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Man city wan any players that can score well
oh well give us Dzeko lar -
wah lau....then these clubs gonna die sooner or later. With money, you need youth too. Chelsea tried to buy their way into permanent success but it's only been short-lived. I have never seen clubs buy success for more than 10 years. Not even Real Madrid.
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Man city never said they want to buy success for 10 years. Man city only mentioned they want to win the title and trophies. They just want to win it this time round n see how it goes from there.
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city has enough depth in their squad to win all the trophies. they need not sign anymore players, let alone a 28-yr-old who has a history of injuries.
but then if city wants to throw money arsenal should accept it gracefully with a thank you note.