It's been a trying 24 hours for me as an Arsenal fan. The inevitable has happened - RVP is leaving the club. The statistician and economist in me knows this was inevitable, and that RVP will likely never have another run of form like he did the last season and a half. The romantic in me wants to believe the opposite, and the fan in me is angered that yet again we have lost our premier player for the second year running. There can't be any other conclusion that our club's aspirations are much lower than they were in the past.
As a way of coping I penned a two page analysis of why Arsenal should look to sell RVP this summer rather than hold on to him another year and have him leave on a free. He's toxic goods around the club right now when it comes to player and coach relationships, and he still has nearly £20M in transfer value to be realized. Arsenal need to think logically during these tumultuous times. The only logical conclusion is to sell him now rather than hold out romantic hope for some sort of reconciliation.
Thursday, July 5, 2012
On Forbes: Why Arsenal Should Give Robin Van Persie the Divorce That He Wants
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I'm in the category of keep him an extra year at a below market salary and ride him back to the champion's league. Whats the point of selling him for £20M if it makes you miss out on the Champion's league? Then selling him ended up costing you £25M. Transfer funds and Champion's league funds count exactly the same.
ReplyDeleteThere isn't any risk of Van Persie mailing it in since he would be in a contract year and would be playing for his big payday. And by being willing to keep him then you put all the risk of making it through the season health back on him which gives him incentive to resign a long term deal with Arsenal.
Van Persie's Agent knows that he doesn't have any leverage in this situation which is why he tried to poison the water. Don't give into it. If he wants to be a mercenary for City- use him as a mercenary this season and then let City overpay for him when he is in the decline phase of his career.