Brentwood
08-17-2012, 11:49 AM
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/robin-van-persie -was-desperate-to-come-1265718 (http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/robin-van-persie-was-desperate-to-come-1265718)
"He turned down various clubs to join us because he wants the challenge of coming to the biggest club in the world and I think that's fantastic.
"That's what swung it, that's what made it possible. If he hadn't come out forcibly to Arsenal and tell them 'look, I want to go to Manchester United' then it meant that negotiations were really over. The only negotiation left was agreeing the fee. There was no-one else left in the picture because [of what] the boy wanted, he was desperate to come to Manchester United."
"He turned down various clubs to join us because he wants the challenge of coming to the biggest club in the world and I think that's fantastic.
"That's what swung it, that's what made it possible. If he hadn't come out forcibly to Arsenal and tell them 'look, I want to go to Manchester United' then it meant that negotiations were really over. The only negotiation left was agreeing the fee. There was no-one else left in the picture because [of what] the boy wanted, he was desperate to come to Manchester United."