Two Serie A giants AC Milan and Juventus are reported to be interested in Manchester United’s striker Robin Van Persie. Another Italian club Inter Milan are also reported to be keeping close watch on Arsenal’s transfer target and Real Madrid talented player Alvaro Morata.
The Dutch international is said to be unhappy with his stay at Old Trafford and has hinted at the possibility of leaving Manchester United at the end of this season. According to the report, the chances of the former Arsenal’s captain remaining at United beyond this season should they fail to qualify for the UEFA Champions League is very low.
There are also rumours that Arsenal too may be interested in re-signing their former captain. The possibility of the United striker going back to his former club is however very low if you ask me.
AC Milan face a stiff competition from fellow Italian side Juventus in the race to sign the player. Before he was sold to Manchester United, Arsene Wenger had wanted to sell Robin Van Persie to Juventus. According to Wenger, Juventus blew their opportunity of signing the star striker. They now however have another chance of re-capturing him.
According to the Arsenal coach, “Juventus can’t think about selling their players for €70 million and then buying new ones for a tenth of that amount. That would be too easy – it’s not possible in today’s football”.
When in January Chelsea sold Juan Mata to their arch rivals Manchester United, Arsene Wenger still reiterated that he had always wanted to sell van Persie to Juventus. "He was 29 and had played here for a long time. It was not a club I had wanted to sell Van Persie to . I wanted to sell him to Juventus. But he had decided to go to Manchester United and at the end of the day, you need the agreement of the three parties”.
“In our defence, we were in a more explicable situation [than Mata] because van Persie had only one year to go”.
After his club failed to sign the Dutch man, Giusepe Moratta, the chief executive of Juventus said he regretted not signing theplayer.
“I have regrets about Van Persie, but it would have been a bad choice for the club if we had paid €30 million for player who would have seen his contract expire next year”. Now he has a chance to land the player.
Van Persie’s current season at United has been fraught with several injuries. Despite that, he has scored 13 goals in 19 appearances for his club which to me shows his high quality.
Personally, I think we should keep Van Persie but I may be tempted to sell if someone is ready to pay as much as €20 Million. For a player who is in his 30s and with an injury record such as Van Persie's, it will be mad not to sell for €20 million. Especially as there are many younger and fitter players out there who can get us the goals and will be around for quite some time.
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