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Van Persie went on to confirm that he has no desire of staying at the Emirates and the forward is set to leave the club, as soon as a decent offer is made for him.
However, Keown thinks that the team needs to go on and bring in a well established talent, if they are going to try and compensate for the Dutch striker’s loss.
Keown feels the team has gone on to spend far too much time without a trophy and it is now the right time to start spending the cash, to lure in some of the better, well established players out there.
When talking about the Van Persie situation, he is quoted to have said: "Last year when it was Nasri and Fabregas it impacted so much on the group that when they were seven games in it was like a relegation fight.”
“And I think this round this won’t happen if van Persie goes. I think the squad is stronger both mentally and in quality."
He then insisted that the team need to land a player who is somewhat like Dennis Bergkamp. Keown thinks that the only way for the team to move forward, is if they bring in quality and talent like they displayed a couple of years ago and the only way to do
so, is to invest in renowned player.
“We’re almost kind of getting used to losing top players now, it’s just a shame that so many are going.”
"If we look back to Dennis Bergkamp coming to the club, when he came to the club, it was kind of like ‘Christ!’ That was a real wake-up call - he came in, everyone took note, Arsenal’s going in a different direction.
“Arsenal could almost do with one of those world stars coming in again."
The Gunners have been linked with a number of players, but it seems like the team might just break the cycle and splash the cash on a couple of big name signings this summer.
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