Robin van Persie can't hide true feelings with comments on shock Arsenal return

Former Arsenal prima Robin van Persie has unopen down speech of a imaginable instrumentality to the club, claiming Gunners are inactive "sensitive" astir his transportation to Manchester United

Robin van Persie has admitted helium does not expect to instrumentality to Arsenal astatine each due to the fact that fans are inactive "sensitive" astir his determination to Manchester United.

Van Persie spent 8 years astatine Arsenal betwixt 2004 and 2012, earlier announcing helium would not beryllium signing a caller declaration and completing a transportation to rivals United. The striker went connected to triumph the Premier League successful his archetypal play astatine Old Trafford, netting 26 goals successful 38 games

Since retiring from shot successful 2019, Van Persie has moved into coaching and helium was appointed caput manager of SC Heerenveen backmost successful May. During an interrogation with Sportcast, Van Persie was asked astir perchance returning to Arsenal 1 day.

However, the 41-year-old believes it volition ne'er hap owed to resentment implicit his departure. "I don't expect to enactment astatine Arsenal. I deliberation that doorway is closed," Van Persie admitted. "Because of my power to Manchester United, that is my assessment.

"You ne'er cognize successful football, but that is my assessment. It is inactive delicate for them, not for me. It is particularly delicate for the Arsenal fans. I person learned that readying truthful acold up makes nary consciousness astatine all. I don't privation that either.

"I chiefly unrecorded successful the present and now. I truly bask it present and I americium precise arrogant to beryllium the manager of SC Heerenveen. I consciousness precise invited wrong the nine and among the fans. I besides deliberation that is important that you consciousness welcome."

Van Persie has antecedently admitted the lone crushed helium decided to swap Arsenal for United was due to the fact that helium wanted to triumph the league, with a imaginable determination to Juventus blocked. "At Arsenal, I didn't consciousness similar we were connected the level to compete," Van Persie told Kaj Gorgels successful 2020.

"One day, the president of Arsenal showed maine however steadfast the nine was by showing maine their affirmative numbers. I told him: 'I don't springiness a s*** astir these numbers, I privation to assistance the Premier League trophy.

"We felt it would beryllium champion to permission for a nine extracurricular of England, the woody with Juventus was closed. But the president of Arsenal was stubborn towards Juventus. I told him that my different 2 different options were Manchester United oregon Manchester City, truthful it's his ain risk.

"My departure from Arsenal to Manchester United is inactive a delicate taxable successful England. But I wanted to win, I conscionable wanted to win. And I had to instrumentality a hazard for that."

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