PFA Player of the Year Jack Howes – Bale As a Spurs fan, obviously I am biased when it comes to who I think deserves Player of the Year. I’m as biased as a parent on sports day, or a member of the FIFA committee deciding which country to give a World Cup to who’s [...]
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PFA Player of the Year – who would have your vote?
Posted on 26 April 2013.
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Is Chelsea striker a flop? Comparing Torres with Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur’s strikers
Posted on 13 April 2013.
Fernando Torres has now scored 20 goals for Chelsea this season, a goal tally that betters the likes of Wayne Rooney (16), Carlos Tevez (16), Olivier Giroud (16), Sergio Aguero (14), Dimitar Berbatov (13) and Eden Dzeko (13), yet he is still widely regarded as a flop after the £50m Roman Abramovich forked out for [...]
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PICTURE: Mancheter United’s 5th goal vs Reading
Posted on 01 December 2012.
Minutes before half-time, Robin van Persie saw his shot cross the line, but unfortunately for Manchester United, the linesman didn’t. The goal would have put United 5-3 ahead.
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VIDEO: Arsenal players still like RvP… even if the fans don’t!
Posted on 03 November 2012.
Van Persie/André Santos @SpheraChannel by SpheraChannel Whilst Arsenal fans responded to Robin van Persie like a bunch of bitter ex-girlfriends, it appears as though the players at his former club are more forgiving. “Robin, you’re a c*nt” and “Robin van Persie, you know what you are” (?) were sung loudly from the stands, as well [...]
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GIFs: Premier League Goals of the Weekend – Ben Arfa, Podolski, Dembele and Van Persie
Posted on 04 September 2012.
The Premier League threw up its usual amount of excitement and quality again this weekend. 1. Ben Arfa (Newcastle v Aston Villa) 2. Podolski (Arsenal v Liverpool) 3. Dembele (Spurs v Norwich City) 4. Van Persie (first) (Man Utd v Southampton) 5. Van Persie (third) (Man Utd v Southampton) So there are 5 brilliant goals [...]
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Who else has worn #20 at Manchester United?
Posted on 17 August 2012.
It was announced this afternoon that Robin van Persie will wear Manchester United’s number 20 shirt this season, following speculation that he might be given Dimitar Berbatov’s number 9, despite the Bulgarian still being at the club. Who else has worn this shirt and what did they win when they wore it? 1993-1994: Dion Dublin [...]
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PICTURES: Robin van Persie’s career in full
Posted on 16 August 2012.
It was reported last night that Manchester United and Arsenal have agreed a £24m fee to take last season’s Premier League top scorer to the North West. This is the fourth time in seven years that Arsenal’s captain has left the club, with Van Persie following in the footsteps of Patrick Vieira (Juventus), Thierry Henry [...]
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Strike! The battle to get out of North London
Posted on 25 July 2012.
Not since the days of Pierre van Hooijdonk have we seen the threat of industrial action loom over English football like it has in the last few days. That’s not entirely true; there have been strikers before and since. Who can forget Carlos Tevez’s golfing tour of Argentina (apart from Mancini of course)? But van [...]
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Daniel Taylor On… Arsenal as City’s feeder club, Pirlo and the top 4
Posted on 09 July 2012.
The day after England crashed out of Euro 2012, Daniel Taylor, chief football writer at The Guardian, wrote about England’s inability to keep possession and how this would cost them in the long term. It wasn’t the first time this problem was mentioned though, with an article making exactly the same point following England’s draw with France. [...]
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RvP: The latest to kiss the badge and make them cry
Posted on 06 July 2012.
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Wenger’s history of transfer denials – From RvP to Henry and Cole to Nasri
Posted on 05 July 2012.
Unfortunately for Arsenal, Arsene Wenger has a history of categorically stating that players will not leave the club, only for them to request a transfer and sign elsewhere shortly afterwards. This summer’s players were Robin van Persie and Alex Song and they are the latest of a long line of ex-Arsenal players that the manager [...]
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