http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robin-van-Persie-c31380 sings contract extension at the Emirates
Arsenal forward and Ivory Coast international Gervinho has gone on to reveal that he strongly hopes that Robin Van Persie puts pen to paper, on a contract extension with the Gunners.
The striker has been dodging talks of a contract extension at the club, but his performances have been rather brilliant throughout the season so far.
Gervinho himself has started to play a whole lot better during the presence of the striker and hence he hopes Van Persie decides to stick around for as long as possible.
At the moment Van Persie’s contract with the club is running out sooner rather than later and a number of Arsenal fans and players have gone on to express their concerns over this fact.
Nonetheless, Gervinho seems to be showing faith in his club captain, as he thinks Van Persie is just looking to help the Gunners lift some form of silverware, before he goes ahead and extends his stay at the club.
When talking about Van Persie and his importance to the club, Gervinho is quoted to have said:
“We always need our best players so a player like Robin, frankly, we need him to stay longer at the Club," he told the club's official website.
"It would give me pleasure if he stayed because I’ve just arrived and I would like him to stay so I can play with him a while longer.
“He’s formidable and the team needs him," Gervinho continued. "You always have to have leaders in the group and he’s one of the players who drags the team forward.
“He’s the captain and his role is to galvanise the group and he assumes the responsibility. He is good for us psychologically. He’s among the most experienced players on the pitch and when he enters the game he puts the opposition’s defence under pressure
and that helps our game."
Van Persie has easily been Arsenal’s stand out player this season. The striker has gone on and produced some outstanding performances, while helping the team pick three points instead of one in a couple of games as well.
All in all, Arsenal desperately need their captain to extend his stay at the club, in order to prevent a massive fallout at the club.
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