afc RVP Contract Situation

[PascalMoriarty]

How bad do you think things will have to get before they let this guy in?

[MrJibbles]

Boris Becker ‏@Becker_Boris

Just heard Van Persie signed 2year deal with ....Arsenal!?

f*ck knows but my bro told me to check his page out.

[mark_INIESTA_davies]

Boris Becker ‏@Becker_Boris

Just heard Van Persie signed 2year deal with ....Arsenal!?

What product is he marketing?

Great advertisment.

[Rsonist]

Bless

Think Boris has gotten a bit confused with all the jokes knocking around about RVP signing a phone contract

[TF S4DK]

Boris is more in the cupboard, than ITK.

[stacksbranning]

Heard hes agreed to sign for us (united) a deal that is worth 10m pounds a year. I certainly want him but 10 m pounds year for a sick note :s way too much

[TF S4DK]

Don't worry about personal terms, worry about stumping up the fee (18m+ will get him), and hope Wenger & Gazidas can think of a way to sell it to the fans, without them demanding they get out too and the club change its sustaining model.

Just can not see how Arsenal can sell him to Man Utd, and sell it to the fans... Especially if they get d*cked down on the fee.

[TF S4DK]

In a bizarre claim by a FIFA agent, he claims the deal to Italy is already done.

Fabio Parisi, who is based in Milan and represents the Nigerian defender Tayo Taiwo, was quoted on Italian TV saying: 'I think Juventus have had a signed contract with Van Persie for some time locked away in a notary’s desk.

'It is just my opinion, but I think there’s an eight out of 10 chance the Dutchman will join the Bianconeri.'Juventus want to win and he is considered the ideal addition to achieve that. I don’t think Edin Dzeko is the right player for the Bianconeri.'

Abdullah Naqi ‏@il3obed

. @k_alshenaif interviewed RVP days ago, he didn't reveal any signs of his transfer but said that there is no decision have been made yet. But RVP confirmed that he is staying in the EPL! no decisions yet! via @k_alshenaif

https://p.twimg.com/AzKC58lCUAEY9Bp.jpg:large

[TF S4DK]

Usmanov: Arsenal are in decline

Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov has launched another blazing attack on the club's board, saying that their current policies will not bring to an end the Gunners' seven-year wait for a trophy.

In an interview with Russia's Forbes magazine, just weeks after he penned an open letter to the Arsenal board criticising their approach, Usmanov called again for changes to the way the club is run.

"Disregarding the series of trophyless seasons, you have to accept that a few of the current board of directors were at the helm during the greatest moments of the Arsene Wenger era," Usmanov said.

"But the footballing landscape has changed. Our point of view on which direction the club is going today, and our disagreement with this direction, have been laid out in our open letter to the board.

"We do not consider just qualifying for the Champions League to be the chief ambition of the club, and with all our hearts we support the team and wish them well for the new season.

"Victory is absolutely not ruled out, but the current politics of the club's management will leave Arsene Wenger and his team with fewer and fewer opportunities in the long run."

Usmanov also opened up on how he first began supporting Arsenal, and how he came to acquire David Dein's 14.6% stakeholding in the club in 2007 - which he has since increased to some 30%.

"Arsenal were one of the first teams I saw on television, and at that time I started supporting them," Usmanov revealed.

"I was introduced to David Dein by a mutual friend. At that time I was looking at a number of possibilities to invested in Premier League clubs, but the chance to buy a small shareholding in Arsenal outranked all other considerations.

"When I bought shares off David Dein I was happy with the opportunity to get to know the footballing legend which Arsenal represent. I was absolutely satsifed with this purchase and wanted to buy more shares in the club."

But the 58-year-old Uzbek, whose fortune is estimated at some £12billion, revealed that soon after the purchase he came into conflict with the Arsenal board.

"At that time I never imagined the depth of conflict between the shareholders," he said.

"I was also disappointed, and very much regretted, that Danny Fiszman, who at that time ran Arsenal, dealt with me on the basis of totally unobjective opinions and assertions of a few individuals."

Even so, with Usmanov now locked in a seemingly never-ending battle with American Stan Kroenke for the outright ownership of Arsenal, he made clear that he would not be giving up his shareholding, and still harbours ambitions to oust Kroenke.

"We plan to continue to buy shares in the club," Usmanov confirmed. "From the point of view of investment, this has already been a successful policy: the value of the club has rise from £300-400million to £700-800million.

"But this is not the point. I am a fan and I am not going to sell these shares at any time, since this is the club that I consider the best in the world."

Arsenal's current shareholders:

• Stan Kroenke: 66.79%
  
• Alisher Usmanov: 29.9%