Robin van Persie reveals his stance on possible Arsenal return after betrayal

Robin van Persie firmly believes the ‘door is closed’ connected a imaginable instrumentality to Arsenal and says fans are ‘still sensitive’ astir his Manchester United switch.

The Dutchman, 41, finished his playing vocation successful 2019 and entered his archetypal managerial occupation this year, becoming caput manager of Eredivisie broadside Heerenveen.

Naturally, attentions person turned to which clubs Van Persie whitethorn privation to negociate successful the future, but helium appears to person ruled retired ever going backmost to northbound London.

Van Persie played for Arsenal from 2004 to 2012 and galore astatine the nine – particularly Gunners fans – felt betrayed erstwhile helium swapped the Emirates for Old Trafford.

Quizzed if determination was a accidental helium could ever enactment astatine Arsenal successful the future, Van Persie said: ‘I don’t expect to enactment astatine Arsenal. I deliberation that doorway is closed.

‘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 I consciousness precise invited wrong the nine and among the fans. I besides deliberation that is important that you consciousness welcome.’

Van Persie produced 132 goals and 56 assists crossed 278 games for Arsenal and helped them clinch the FA Cup successful 2005.

He past moved to United, scoring 58 times and providing 15 assists successful 105 games, guiding the Red Devils to the Premier League rubric successful 2013.

Van Persie, regarded arsenic 1 of the champion strikers of his generation, is the all-time apical scorer for the Netherlands nationalist team, with 50 goals crossed 102 caps.

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