Robin van Persie – Football Scout

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Without someone who can put the ball on a plate and/or put it into the back of the net, all of the other stuff — pretty passing…

Van Persie to ‘go out with honour’ in final Feyenoord game

Robin van Persie has had a glittering career.
Robin van Persie says he wants to end his playing days with dignity on Sunday when he hangs up his boots after an 18-year career.
“The goal was go out with honour because football is my passion,” the 35-year-old told Dutch media on Saturday before he plays his last game for Feyenoord against ADO Den Haag in Rotterdam.
Van Persie’s 50 goals in 102 appearances make him the top goalscorer for the Netherlands national team and his club achievements include winning the FA Cup with Arsenal and the Premier…

Ex-Manchester United, Arsenal forward Robin van Persie to retire in May

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Former Manchester United and Arsenal forward Robin van Persie has said he will retire from football at the end of the season.
Van Persie, 35, joined Arsenal from Feyenoord in 2004 and spent eight seasons with the North London side, winning an FA Cup before moving to United in 2012, where he helped guide the club to the Premier League title — finishing the campaign as the leading goal scorer with 26.
And, in January 2018, he returned to Feyenoord following a two-and-a-half-year spell in Turkey with…

Robin van Persie: ‘I have to be honest with myself’ in continuing career

Robin van Persie returned to Feyenoord in January after nearly 14 years away from the club.
Robin van Persie told Dutch broadcaster NOS he will need to “be honest” with himself as he contemplates his future with his contract at Feyenoord set to expire after the season.
Van Persie, 34, returned to his first club in January after leaving Fenerbahce, where he had played since his departure from Manchester United in 2015.
He scored his side’s second goal in a 3-0 victory over AZ Alkmaar in the Dutch Cup final on Sunday and claimed his first major trophy in the Netherlands, but acknowledged…

Wenger: Alexis’ Arsenal exit won’t upset fans like Van Persie’s

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LONDON — Arsene Wenger is confident that Arsenal fans will not be nearly as angry over Alexis Sanchez’s departure as they were when Robin Van Persie was sold to Manchester United.
Gunners supporters were furious when Van Persie was allowed to join Alex Ferguson’s side in 2012 at a time when he was the Premier League’s top striker — and became even more frustrated when the Dutchman fired United to the title the following season.
Sanchez is now set to make the switch to United as well after refusing…

Robin van Persie return to Netherlands squad cut short by knee injury

Robin van Persie will not be available to face Bulgaria.
Robin van Persie pulled out of the Netherlands squad on Friday after picking up an injury in the 4-0 loss to France.
The country’s all-time leading scorer entered Thursday’s World Cup qualifier in the 64th minute, but his return to the squad after nearly two years has been cut short.
The Dutch federation said Van Persie injured his knee at the Stade de France and will not be available for Sunday’s Group A qualifier against Bulgaria in Amsterdam.

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The loss to France left Netherlands in fourth place…

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It would not require a decoder to deduce that Jose Mourinho is dissatisfied with the squad of players he must work with at Manchester United. Luke Shaw, Anthony Martial and Henrikh Mkhitaryan have each received public cold shoulders.
As well as spending £157.25 million last summer on new recruits, Mourinho is sifting through a group constructed by three other managers in Sir Alex Ferguson, David Moyes and Louis van Gaal. Last month, he expressed his regret at the sales of Danny Welbeck to…

15 years on, is Bergkamp’s famous spin and shoot goal still Arsenal’s best?

Dennis Bergkamp scored 120 goals for Arsenal but his spin and shoot goal vs. Newcastle was his most iconic.
15 years later, is Bergkamp’s goal still Arsenal’s best ever?
Fifteen years ago today, Dennis Bergkamp produced one of the defining moments of his storied Arsenal career.
His legendary goal against Newcastle on Mar. 2, 2002 — the classic spin move followed by a calm finish — has often been hailed as Arsenal’s greatest ever.   
But does it still deserve that title? Or have more recent efforts eclipsed the Dutch great? Here’s a closer look at THAT Bergkamp goal, and some of the other contenders…

Robin van Persie ban for controversial goal celebration reduced on appeal

Robin van Persie’s goal celebration was deemed to be an insult to fans of the opposing team.
Fenerbahce striker Robin van Persie has had a three-game ban, for sliding on his knees in front of Besiktas captain and former Arsenal teammate Oguzhan Ozyakup, reduced to two following appeal.
The incident took place during a Turkish Cup game which Fenerbahce won 1-0 thanks to a Van Persie goal.
The former Premier League winner had earlier been involved in an altercation with Ozyakup when Besiktas defender Dusko Tosic was sent off after being adjudged to have pushed Van Persie.
When former Netherlands…

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