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Arsenal are a tad naive, I can imagine. We all thought he would sign, at some point in the last few weeks. Even the club thought so. But van Persie took all that trust away today with the way he treated us. I loved you, Robin. As @arseblog said in his blog: Emotional investment in footballers is a dangerous thing, you’re nearly always likely to end up disappointed and dismayed I am trying to get less attached to players but the way you played, captained and the nationality you carried made you an obvious candidate for being loved by me. How have you repaid all those Arsenal fans? By giving

When Juventus were relegated thanks to Calciopoli, Vieira did what any good mercenary does. He left for their biggest rival, Inter. He joined a list of names such as Ibrahimovic and Cannavaro in leaving the Juventus ship, neither of whom is particularly known for their loyalty. Nedved, Buffon and Camoranesi, not exactly one-club players, stayed, and became immortal. Immortality was never quite what Vieira was aiming for. He could have been immortal at Arsenal had he stayed. He could have been immortal at Juve for being loyal. He didn’t do that.  When he played for Inter, he sounded out Wenger for a return, firstly as a player, and then as a coach. Wenger at that time didn’t have space for another coach and Vieira decided to play for Man City, and when he offered himself to Arsenal again

It got pretty bad. Vd Vaart at one point, having been told he would be a backup, a reserve player, this tournament, had his bags packed and was ready to leave the Dutch training camp at Hoenderloo. It took many hours of talking with management and fellow players (of a certain clique) before decided to stay. The next few days he spent time leaking info to the press about the issues within the squad, and voicing very loudly his concerns and why he felt he had to be in the squad.  A large majority of the staff and the squad felt him to be a pariah, a problem, yet by the end, he was captaining and starting. Absolutely insane. The same thing goes for Huntelaar. Huntelaar had a good

Not that he did not know how to score. From his league debut against the Spuds on, he was a very decent goalscorer. He never really fit at Arsenal, where the tempo was too high and he was forced wide too often. With the new Arsenal, the Cesc and Na$ri-less Arsenal, the play is much slower, more direct, and seems to me to be more the sort of play Bendtner would thrive in. I always thought that in the German or Italian league, were there is just a little bit more time on the ball and generally more crossing into the box, he would do very well indeed. It is for that reason that I hope we don’t sell him too