The Spanish midfielder has iterated that Arsenal will find it hard to replace Van Persie at the Emirates stadium including his goal scoring influence despite the arrivals of Podolski and Giroud at the London club...
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robin-van-Persie-c31380 at Arsenal due to the impact that the Dutchman had at the club. Van Persie was given the captain’s armband last season
by Arsene Wenger and he went onto score more than 30 goals for Arsenal in total in the season in all competitions as Wenger’s men finished third in the Premier League.
Van Persie’s goals were pivotal to Arsenal’s hopes of finishing in a UEFA champions league qualification place but now things are different for the Gunners who have parted ways with their talismanic striker. The Dutchman became
disenchanted with Arsenal due to the lack of silverware at the club and refused to sign a new contract which prompted Manchester United to dish out 24 million pounds to sign the Dutch goal scoring machine.
Van Persie opened his goal scoring account for the Red Devils on the weekend but for Arsenal, there is a semi-goal drought in place as they have failed to score even a single goal in their opening two league fixtures. Wenger has
already admitted that Van Persie’s goals will be compensated for by the joint contribution of the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gervinho-c14755, Podolski and Giroud but these players have found it hard to play together in his first team line up thus far.
Arteta said, "Of course, you can't replace Robin. We know that - it doesn't matter who is brought in. Manchester United went for him at the age of 29. What does that say? There aren't many bigger talents in the world.”
He added, "To replace Robin is an impossible thing because he's a special player. You can't ask anyone to be as good as him. I don't think it's possible. Last week, Olivier had a massive chance to win the game and he would have
been the hero.”
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