Robin Van Persie, Arsenal FC
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Robin Van Persie Named Footballer of the Year 2011-12
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Robin Van Persie, 28, has scored 34 goals so far this season and is the Premier League’s top scorer this season with 27 goals.
Arsenal striker Robin van Persie has been named the Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year..
The Gunners’ captain was also awarded the Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year prize.
The Netherlands forward won the award in the voting ahead of Manchester United pair Wayne Rooney, in second place, and Paul Scholes in third. Fulham’s Clint Dempsey finished fourth.
Van Persie was signed by Arsenal FC manager Arsene Wenger in 2004 and was used mainly as a second striker after Cesc Fabregas.
“I never really thought that I would end up as a main striker,” recalled the Dutchman. “I actually never played there before – I did it a couple of times at youth level, but it was nothing really special.
“The boss didn’t buy someone else because he was convinced I could do it. I wasn’t so sure.
“Sometimes, you just question yourself, if you are good enough at it. Those answers came,” said Van Persie.
“I have been convinced for a while now that I actually can play as a main striker. I just didn’t know, and now I believe.”
“It goes beyond my level of expectation with the number of goals he has scored. He is sensational as well is as a captain. He has done extremely well on and off the field,” said Wenger.
“Robin has a very healthy life, very focused on football – he takes care of everything. That’s why he manages to do that. He is like Thierry Henry in that respect.
“You have national class, international class and world class, and Robin is world class.”
It is the second time in three years that the winner of the PFA award has gone on to win the FWA prize, after Wayne Rooney achieved the feat in 2010.
FWA chairman Steve Bates, chief football writer at the People, said: “Robin was the overwhelming choice of our members this season and deservedly so after a magnificent campaign for Arsenal.
“The quality of his goals, attacking movement and consistency in a turbulent season for the Gunners has been eye-catching.
“The considerable size of his majority in the votes cast by our members reflected the general view that he has been the season’s most outstanding individual performer.”
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Robin and Shaqueel Van Persie and Arsene Wenger, Arsenal FC
Will Shaqueel Van Persie Sign With Arsenal?
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger may hope to sign Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Lukas Podolski and Robin Van Persie’s adorable five-year-old boy, Shaqueel.
Van Persie is tempted, however Shaq is content at this time playing on a kid's team - and may be holding out for a higher-paying offer from super-rich Manchester City.
“I honestly have to say that he has got a lot of talent for football, ” said Robin Van Persie.
“I recognise a lot of stuff of myself in him. His coach is really great. Arsenal has invited him a couple of times to come and play there but he likes it at his club. He’s sensitive for a good atmosphere. Just like me.”
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Arsenal Update - 2012 Arsenal FC Tickets Still Available
Gunner's boss Arsene Wenger has seen Arsenal rise up to the top tier this season. Wenger has aspirations to finish in the top four in the Premier League thereby qualifying for Champions League play next season.
Robin Van Persie has not yet agreed to a contract extension at Arsenal. His current contract runs out in the summer of 2013.
City's boss, Roberto Mancini has hailed Van Perise as 'one of the best strikers in Europe'.
Arsenal FC boss, Arsene Wenger is not concerned about Manchester City's public declaration that they intend to bring Van Persie on board.
'If you are to have one quality it is not to be unsettled because what is said of you by other clubs is part of the job,’ said Wenger.
'What is important is how much you want to win the next game and all the rest is basically not important.’
‘Robin is the leader of our club and I would just like to specify that he is not at the end of his contract.
'He is under contract until 2013. So you do your job, focus on your job which he does very well and enjoy your games.’
Wenger has hope for England midfielder Jack Wilshere, who has been out all season due to an ankle problem.
'The progress in training is very good but what you do not want is to have any setbacks,' Wenger said.
'The setback could be a bad scan, but the clinical signs are all very good when you look at his ankle, it is not inflamed and it is normal progress now.
'But we are a bit over cautious with him now because of the setbacks we had before.'
Wenger was charged with improper conduct by UEFA after confronting referee Damir Skomina following Arsenal’s 3-0 win over AC Milan.
Arsenal recently defeated Tottenham and at Liverpool.
'We want to finish as high as we can,' Wenger said.
'It will be difficult because we know that we face a massive battle there with Tottenham, Chelsea, Newcastle and maybe Liverpool.
'We have created the momentum but we know until the end of the season that every game will be a massive one for us.
'What is at stake is to be in the top four, if possible in the top three, but it will be difficult for everybody.'
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Stunning Man City Offer to Robin Van Persie
Arsenal superstar striker Robin Van Persie leads the Premiership League in goal scored in the 2011-12 campaign with 26 goals to date. Van Persie made his 25th league start of the season last night with a career-high tally for a single campaign. The Dutchman has scored or assisted in 36 league goals this season, 11 more than Man Utd’s second-placed Wayne Rooney.
A recent report has revealed that Manchester City are ready to more than three times Robin van Persie’s current pay-packet at Arsenal to bring him to City this summer.
Evidently the cash rich Man City club are willing to pay Van Persie up to £220,000 per week over four years inclusive of add-ons to join their squad.
The £46million deal would be in addition to a massive transfer fee from Man City. Reportedly Arsenal would demand in excess of £25m — a huge amount for a player in the final year of his contract.
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Robin Van Persie, Arsenal FC
Arsenal Rises To 3rd Place
Robin van Persie has urged his Arsenal team-mates to keep up the intensity for the rest of the season and prove they can be consistent over a period of months.
“If you look at the last couple of weeks, we showed we have a lot of character in our side, and we can be proud of that," said Van Persie. “Now we need to show that over a period of a whole year. We need to have a run like that for months and even win the ugly games."
By defeating Everton 0-1, Arsenal make it six league wins in a row as they move one step closer to cementing a top-four finish.
Arsenal has risen to third place in the Premier League and is looking fit in the race for the trophy and Champions League Qualification going into the Spring.
Arsenal superstar striker Robin Van Persie leads the Premiership League in goal scored in the 2011-12 campaign with 26 goals to date. Van Persie made his 25th league start of the season last night with a career-high tally for a single campaign. The Dutchman has scored or assisted in 36 league goals this season, 11 more than Man Utd’s second-placed Wayne Rooney.
The Gunners have already beaten Saturday’s opponents Aston Villa twice this season and are the favorites to win against Villa again. Arsenal v Aston Villa Tickets are still available!
Arsene Wenger’s men have won their last six Premier League matches, scoring 19 goals total.
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Premiership Update - Results
Portugese manager, André Villas-Boas has been fired as Chelsea manager by billionaire owner Roman Abramovich after just eight months.
Villas-Boas's first Premier League match in charge of Chelsea FC was a trip to the Britannia Stadium to face Stoke City on August 14, 2011 that resulted in a 0-0 draw.
Chelsea are in 5th place on the Premier League table - with Manchester City on top, Manchester United are 2 points behind in 2nd place, Tottenham Hotspur in 3rd, and Arsenal in 4th just 3 points ahead of Chelsea in the battle for the Premier League title and 2012-13 Champions League placement.
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Robin Van Persie, Arsenal FC
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Arsenal superstar striker, Robin Van Persie leads the Premiership in goals for the 2011-12 season with 19 goals to date. Rumor has it that Van Persie may join Cesc Fabregas at Barcelona next season.
Arsenal is in a fight to end up in the top tier of the England Premier League to finish above Chelsea in fourth, which would see them qualify for the Champions League for the 15th season in a row. They trail Chelsea by five points.
Arsenal FC manager, Arsène Wenger made no major signings before the closure of the January transfer window.
Jack Wilshere is out for the rest of the season with another stress facture.
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Robin van Persie Confirmed New Arsenal Captain
Robin van Persie has been named as new Arsenal FC team captain.
The Dutch international has been at the Club since May 2004 and succeeds Cesc Fabregas, who signed for Barcelona this week.
"Robin van Persie will be captain this season," Arsène Wenger told the Official Matchday Programme.
"He is a leader through the way he plays, through his attitude and through his desire to win.
"He’s been at the Club a long time and he’s a technical leader as well. Thomas Vermaelen will assist him, it’s the decision I have made and I’m confident the group will respond to it."
Van Persie will not lead Arsenal out against Udinese - he serves a UEFA one-match suspension on Tuesday night - but will reclaim the armband when Liverpool visit north London on Saturday.
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Alex Song
Arsenal's star midfielder Alex Song could face jail time if he is found guilty of assault following a bar brawl in his home town of Douala in Cameroon last month.
The 23-year-old was charged with malicious wounding after being accused of attacking a student while on holiday.
The alleged victim, Ludovic Achille Mouaha, told an initial hearing: “My girlfriend went to the bathroom but when she hadn’t come back after 15 minutes I went to see if something had happened.
“Two bodyguards blocked my way telling me I couldn’t use it because Alex Song was inside.
“He then came out and was visibly angry. I ended up in a drain and afterwards went to hospital.”
Song’s representatives told a court hearing he did not touch the student but he faces two years in prison if found guilty.
“The plaintiff later caused a scuffle and Alex’s bodyguards reacted. But at no time did Alex lay a hand on the plaintiff.”
Song has not been arrested and does not have to appear at the court hearing.
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