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In my half asleep / awake phase this morning Radio 5 Live reported Mancini as saying he would like to sign RVP but that he'll stop at Arsenal - now I can't see anything on here this morning so did I dream it? Personally I think this is RVP's best season & he'll struggle to match / better it & would be better buggering off to Spain

Well what he said was:

“I think if there is a good player who wants to leave a club, then we are interested,” Mancini said. “But if this player wants to stay, we don’t have any problem.
“I think Robin van Persie will sign a new contract at Arsenal because if Arsenal also lose Van Persie, they will have a big problem. But we are interested in all good players.
"This is normal, but not only us. I think all the good teams are interested in Van Persie.
“Van Persie at this moment is one of the best strikers in Europe with Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and with Sergio Agüero and Mario Balotelli. I think he is a fantastic striker, but I think he will remain with Arsenal.

So basically anyone would want RVP or they would be a lunatic.

Not sure our paymasters will sanction the required funds for a player with no sell-on value though. Thanks to Mr Platini and his anti-investment rules.

Not gonna happen

phips wrote:Not gonna happen

Exactly. But as ever the media goes wild and we get accused of all sorts.Yawn

john@staustell wrote:Well what he said was:

“I think if there is a good player who wants to leave a club, then we are interested,” Mancini said. “But if this player wants to stay, we don’t have any problem.
“I think Robin van Persie will sign a new contract at Arsenal because if Arsenal also lose Van Persie, they will have a big problem. But we are interested in all good players.
"This is normal, but not only us. I think all the good teams are interested in Van Persie.
“Van Persie at this moment is one of the best strikers in Europe with Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and with [highlight]Sergio Agüero and Mario Balotelli[/highlight]. I think he is a fantastic striker, but I think he will remain with Arsenal.

So basically anyone would want RVP or they would be a lunatic.

Not sure our paymasters will sanction the required funds for a player with no sell-on value though. Thanks to Mr Platini and his anti-investment rules.

If I were Edin, that quote would have pissed me off.

mr_nool wrote:
If I were Edin, that quote would have pissed me off.

How Mario can be spoken about in the same breath as the others is beyond me. I think mad mario has dirt on mancini

mr_nool wrote:

john@staustell wrote:Well what he said was:

“I think if there is a good player who wants to leave a club, then we are interested,” Mancini said. “But if this player wants to stay, we don’t have any problem.
“I think Robin van Persie will sign a new contract at Arsenal because if Arsenal also lose Van Persie, they will have a big problem. But we are interested in all good players.
"This is normal, but not only us. I think all the good teams are interested in Van Persie.
“Van Persie at this moment is one of the best strikers in Europe with Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and with [highlight]Sergio Agüero and Mario Balotelli[/highlight]. I think he is a fantastic striker, but I think he will remain with Arsenal.

So basically anyone would want RVP or they would be a lunatic.

Not sure our paymasters will sanction the required funds for a player with no sell-on value though. Thanks to Mr Platini and his anti-investment rules.

If I were Edin, that quote would have pissed me off.

Never mind Edin - wait until the Bosnian crew see this! There's going to be murder!!!!!!!

Mancini should have just said 'no comment'. He surely knows by now, how this will be used to criticise us. He is a fucking knobhead for saying this.

He has just made our job of winning the title that much harder by opening his stupid fucking mouth & winding up Arsenal & their fans when we have to play them. They've got a real turd in their pocket about us taking their players already & this makes absolutely sure they'll be focused on us.

He accuses Balotelli of being naive; this is as stupid as anything Mario has ever done.

Ted Hughes wrote:Mancini should have just said 'no comment'. He surely knows by now, how this will be used to criticise us. He is a fucking knobhead for saying this.

He has just made our job of winning the title that much harder by opening his stupid fucking mouth & winding up Arsenal & their fans when we have to play them. They've got a real turd in their pocket about us taking their players already & this makes absolutely sure they'll be focused on us.

He accuses Balotelli of being naive; this is as stupid as anything Mario has ever done.

1. He s a good player

2. We like good players

3. I think he will stay at arsenal

Dont see any problem whatsoever in that. Over-reaction of he week there mate.

Im_Spartacus wrote:

Ted Hughes wrote:Mancini should have just said 'no comment'. He surely knows by now, how this will be used to criticise us. He is a fucking knobhead for saying this.

He has just made our job of winning the title that much harder by opening his stupid fucking mouth & winding up Arsenal & their fans when we have to play them. They've got a real turd in their pocket about us taking their players already & this makes absolutely sure they'll be focused on us.

He accuses Balotelli of being naive; this is as stupid as anything Mario has ever done.

1. He s a good player

2. We like good players

3. I think he will stay at arsenal

Dont see any problem whatsoever in that. Over-reaction of he week there mate.

They're into the third hour of it on Talksport.

Doesn''t his contract expire in july? If so and he didn't sign a new contract yet, my bet is that he waits so see if Arsenal will qualify for the next season of CL. If they fail, i am absolutely positive he will go elsewhere.

PeterParker wrote:Doesn''t his contract expire in july? If so and he didn't sign a new contract yet, my bet is that he waits so see if Arsenal will qualify for the next season of CL. If they fail, i am absolutely positive he will go elsewhere.

His contract runs to 2013.

Ted Hughes wrote:
They're into the third hour of it on Talksport.

Never ones to make a mountain out of a molehill are they. Cunts

blues-clues wrote:

PeterParker wrote:Doesn''t his contract expire in july? If so and he didn't sign a new contract yet, my bet is that he waits so see if Arsenal will qualify for the next season of CL. If they fail, i am absolutely positive he will go elsewhere.

His contract runs to 2013.

Oh, my mistake then. I was sure that his contract was running out.

Im_Spartacus wrote:

Ted Hughes wrote:
They're into the third hour of it on Talksport.

Never ones to make a mountain out of a molehill are they. Cunts

We keep inviting it as well though.

Edit: Peter Reid is on with Keys & he's doing a sterling job, won't give anybody even an inch to get at City on any subject.

Ted Hughes wrote:
We keep inviting it as well though.

The only thing he has done wrong is to not say it in a cheeky chappy style opening up with: "i'm not one to talk about other teams players but...."

Soon to be 29, and we dont tend to spunk big bucks on 29 year olds. Wont happen so its a non-story.

PeterParker wrote:

blues-clues wrote:

PeterParker wrote:Doesn''t his contract expire in july? If so and he didn't sign a new contract yet, my bet is that he waits so see if Arsenal will qualify for the next season of CL. If they fail, i am absolutely positive he will go elsewhere.

His contract runs to 2013.

Oh, my mistake then. I was sure that his contract was running out.

RVP has said he will not discuss a contract extension until the summer. This makes sense - if he wants to play CL and Arse are not in it then he is in a stronger position. He may also want to see what other plans Arse have to strengthen the squad before he makes a decision

blues-clues wrote:
RVP has said he will not discuss a contract extension until the summer. This makes sense - if he wants to play CL and Arse are not in it then he is in a stronger position. He may also want to see what other plans Arse have to strengthen the squad before he makes a decision

He will be leaving, no doubt abt that. But i doubt very much he will be coming here

Have to feel that he will make a move to Spain if he is going anywhere.Fantastic player but it's only a matter of time before injury sidelines him again and that would be the only reason i would not want him at city.This must be the best stretch of football he has seen over the last 5 years he usually gets sidelined on a regular basis.