Finally... after lot of speculations and rumours, Manchester United have agreed to sign Arsenal striker Robin van Persie on a four-year contract.
After the Dutchman had consistently dodged to sign a new contract with Arsenal, it had become clear he wanted to leave the Emirates. Nothing wrong with his thoughts given he is 29 years old and has won very little during his time as an Arsenal player. With the intention of winning more trophies, he had to leave them at sometime.
With our noisy neighbours having already given up their chase for van Persie, it was left upto United and Juventus to meet Arsenal's valuation for the Dutchman to get him. Good that he choose United.
I'm really happy with this transfer. From a business point of view, this deal may seem unattractive because he's 29 and United are not going to get the money back for him.
But picture this... He's already an established Premier League player. He's a goal scoring machine. And with van Persie's form and fitness, if we can win the league and Champions League, I think it’s money well spent.
Robin van Persie... Welcome to Manchester United.
