Van Persie contract run down?

Well it really shouldn't come as a shock that our captain Van Persie has dodged any talk of signing a contract extension. As much as it is disappointing, I think its more a case of we are lucky to still have him this season and that he didn't hand in a transfer request after seeing all the key players leaving. Despite all thats been going on and the pressure on him, he has handled it incredibly well.

I think it may be a blessing in disguise, that he holds out until next summer and sees what signings will be made, thats presuming that we qualify for the Champions League. Because lets face it, its going to the most difficult season in recent years. Hopefully if all goes well for Arsenal, position wise, Wenger will be forced to bring in established world class players. Im sure that will give confidence to RVP to stay with us.

Of course due to Arsenal's tendency to keep quiet regarding what goes on in the background, its hard to know, but I think I speak for a lot of people when I say that the board is the one that is reluctant more than Wenger to spend big, something that was somewhat confirmed by Ivan Gazidis coming out and saying that they will stick to bringing in more youth rather than buying established stars. Which sounds to me that they tend to pressure this style of business on Wenger and is a blatant disregard of the fans' pleas to get a world class player in.

Losing RVP next season will be disastrous and Arsenal should do their all to keep hold of him. From what I know, he gets paid in the region of £85,500-£90,000 a week, which in football terms nowadays (thank you wage-and-transfer-inflating-buying-club(s), yes I'm looking at you in the north west...), however ridiculous it sounds, is not exactly a lot for a player of his quality, especially when Man City are more than happy to double that amount or more.

Lets hope that RVP will pressure the Arsenal board to showing the same commitment that he has shown to the club both on and off the pitch.