The differences between Man Utd & Arsenal - Robin van Persie | High Performance Podcast
Robin van Persie was a cult hero at Arsenal, before moving to arch-rivals Manchester United in 2012.
Robin opens up on the key differences between the two clubs, and ultimately what forced his hand to make the move.
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Ivan has got Throat Cancer now
His season in 12/13 will always be remembered by United fans! Even if it’s 1 season it’s historic!
Van Persie: "If someone comes with proof that Arsenal offered me a deal..I'd give you a million now" Me: Immediately opening Microsoft Paint to make shit up
😂 😂 😂 😂
I remember being so angry when he left to join United. Now having had years to reflect, he was right for leaving. And good on him for getting himself a premier league winners medal. Truth is as a club, we weren’t serious then and we arnt serious now.
Agreed! So many players leaving us for rival clubs and winning so much! I means ffs Giroud just won the Champions League with Chelsea, it makes us look so sad and so behind. Sadly nothing will change until new ownership happens #KROENKEOUT
I called him a snake for years for what he done. Now I feel like I need to apologise to him for that now. The Americans are destroying our club.
Almost 10 year's later nothing has changed
Spot on. It never bothered me when he left for Man Utd as i couldn't blame him wanting to join them. Maybe if he wasn't so injury prone things could have been different but the hat trick at Chelsea and that absolutely insane volley at Charlton will always stay amongst my favourite memories of RVP
@@Carlin-qt4jk same here. I didn't get how at the time, people were somehow resenting him for actually wanting to win the league... which he ended up doing. I never had any issues with RVP, Fabregas etc. They have all pretty much been proven right in their moves and Arsenal keeps going down year after year. So sad to see.
I completely understand Robin's version of events and believe him. Business is ruthless but I believe he meant well for the club, the fans and wherever he went on to. RVP strikes me as a gent.
Yes agreed completely.makes sense to me.. Does a two page open letter to the club suggesting his thoughts on how to improve doesnt make you bad..they made him look bad and he was out.. If let say he just wanted tittle he would have left straight..he definitely talked about improvements.. Didnt work.. He went out.. He won
Football is not ruthless for Morata 😂😂
Mr Persie will always be one of the football legends that Utd was proud to have play for us...👍🍀🙏🇮🇪
Bigger arsenal legend
@@decipher175 that shows how far arsenal have fallen that one of their post invincible legends biggest accomplishment is a league title with man united
@@dylanm1234 ok mate
@@unknownmm3847 did I hit a nerve ?
@@dylanm1234 yh definitely because a incident that happened 8 yrs ago still hurts me 😭😭 🤡
can't blame the guy, he wanted to stay and improve Arsenal, the problem has always been the board Ivan was terrible for Arsenal
If Sir Alex was still there, this never would have happened to RVP
If your a United fan your not a very good Supporter. Fergie was ruthless! he sold major players Ince, Kanchelskis, Beckham, Van Nistelrooy but he always knew what was best for the team. Arsne knew Robin had to go too
@@glazersout6101 both are ruthless, but Van Gaal was lil bit too far. remember that he asked Rafael to go before even have to prove himself or even in training session. before he was coming he knew that he didnt like brazilian players. SAF was ruthless to some players who are against the club, unprofessional, bad behaviour, etc. but Van Gaal would kick players he didnt like even tho they are giving their best for the club.
@@Alzenryo Xin Chao
@@glazersout6101 If *you're* a proper Utd fan, you'd know that at the time of LVG's arrival, RVP was arguably at a better level than Cavani is now, Fergie always admired RVP's quality and professionalism, couple that with Fergie's emphasis on having a big squad, there's no way he'd have shipped out RVP in 2014 considering the level he was still playing at
@@sierraking3881 Ok African Football expert i only am a season ticket holder after all
I don't blame you man. What a poison LVG was. That guy was a problem. Love you RVP.
He was not a posion, he just wears his blinders and its his way or the highway He is a weird duck but he's also a mad genius, ffs the man had Blind play every single position except keeper and striker AND THEY WORKED. His problem was that once Southampton managed to figure out our strategy and how to route it he felt personally embarrassed and refused to play attacking football again in order to never feel that embarrassment again
I really like how he speaks highly of Wenger
Of course, if it wasn’t for wenger… he would’ve never gotten a chance to play alongside the invisibles
He should have been around to mould young players. He had won PL and he knew what needed to be done to win at Utd. Love this guy. Was sad to see him go.
Our last great transfer. I remember the season when he won us the title, and afterwards his hat trick against Pireus, I am sure that with him at 100% we would have knocked Bayern out...great player. All the best to him!
Bruno wasn’t a great signing?
@@Infaziation He definitely was, but RVP won us the title and he would have won us more but...I am sure that Bruno will do the same in a couple of years
Casemiro says hello
It's clear from RVPs face and answer when the interviewer said 'but didn't you make it clear with your demands that offering a contract would be pointless' that he is being economical with the truth. He knows full well that if it had been offered he wouldn't have signed it
such a great interview.. one of the best iv seen in terms of asking relavant questions
People will forget who Ivan is in 10 years...RVP's volley's will live on.
🤣
Van Persie's right foot is a bigger legacy than Gazidiz's whole career and Van Persie is a lefty
Thank you so much Van Persie for sharing about you real world challenges. I appreciate it and also learnt a lot.
feel sorry for this guy, he definitely deserves more respect from Lvg and Utd. Mr Alex shocking retirement cost him , Rafael, hernandez even Andersen etc which you can tell why utd and arsenal were falling down. don't you think either Ole or Arteta can lead team to win anything.
Hardly the heights we want to be at, but Arteta did get an FA cup in his first season
Time will tell wheter those two could succeed or not....SAF himself need a 3years before getting a trophy.Therefore,i can compromise with Ole's team result which is decent.
Probably Arteta not Ole Ole is nit even im the same league as a footballer or coaching to Arteta
His retirement wasn't shocking, everyone knew it was coming it almost came 3 years prior. Every season with him was his last and when we won the league the way we did it was clear as day he was done for good
@@nicholasmack7829 Nonsense, arteta was able to get rid of his problem players while Ole had no choice because of that snake Woodward's contract retardation
He was my fav player of the Emirates era his left foot was special
How ? Great that you’ve forgiven him but honestly ? He’s your fav “arsenal” player.. you’re fav arsenal player left after he found form, post arsenal being patient with his injuries for the first 7 years!
Very good, revealing and candid interview.
Same thing like koeman did this season to suarez... These Dutch coaches all think they are cryuff.. Sad..😟
I swear i am a Barca fan and how Koemann treated Suarez was absolutely wrong In every way
It wasn’t Koeman it was the board they forced him out
@@plopplop1984 It was him he isolated Suarez and said he was not part of his plans! He Also wanted Depay and Wijnaldum to make Barca like the Hollands national team😒 The guy is a failure In every sense of the Word and he is not a good suit for this team not now not ever💯
@@abdullaahiahmed8924 look at us now nigga , it worked out for both persons
@@mani-nd6ie Dude! Sevilla are In a slump for some reason! We really got Lucky allthough the red was late it helped🤷♂️ But Koemann Will let you down we can not count on this Man! We have to play better at home its Camp Nou for a reason💯 Atletico lost what did we do we Drew! Tells you everything of the mentality and the the desire of this team😒
You will always be a Legend at Arsenal and Holland Van Persie. The greatest amongst all.
Not at arsenal buddy
@@aydramusic6252 Only muppets like you see it like that
NO, not at Arsenal
He is a 🐍
He played for Arsenal during two separate eras. From Highbury invincible to Emirates mediocrity. He was right to leave.
but not to man united
@@danielmartinez8107 Not ideal but that's not our decision. He's a normal man with a family just like the rest of us. When we make life decisions, we dont wander what our clubs players would want us to do. They're not Gods they're just people.
@@danielmartinez8107 they originally wanted to sell him to juve but went against it cause of the amount offered.
Played is a figurative term, he spent much of his time injured, he was given numero uno status at the Emirates and only really had one stellar season. I think his ego and demands is why arsenal got rid as they knew he wasn't ever a longterm investment, which proved to be the case when he left for utd and was done after 1.5 seasons.
@@nozislam No. We just became a club that pimped out it's best players for profit. Your point is redundant because he followed Fabregas, Nasri, Toure , Adebayor and the rest out the door. Or maybe you dont think they played enough games either. He went and helped Utd to a title in his first season..wtf are you talking about?
Rvp the Dutch master you made me to start supporting Arsenal with to become football fun I remember the goal you scored against Everton I will never forget you in my life,
Thank you Ivan for letting us have the opportunity to win the league 😂
LVG was wrong to let him go. Stupid decision
RVP will always be a true gunners legend in my eyes. Arsenal board post-David Dein are the primary reason why we were and are a shambles until today.
Nah mate, tbf they haven't had one single legend ever since they tore down highbury.
They’ve had chances though the board have just been cheap like what happened with Suarez when they tried to take him from us if he was up front for arsenal they would’ve won the league instead of Leicester
@@jagmaharesi2486 Robin is one, though I'm a Tottenham fan lol. Would love to have had him on the team
@@jbo4547 you're a spurs fan. That tells me everything already.
@@jagmaharesi2486 Cazorla.
LvG is insane. I hate him for doing this to Van Persie, my favorite United player after Ronaldo. I was so mad when I heard RvP was going to leave.
Also for Rafael
my legend🙏❤❤❤❤
He saw then what all Arsenal fans see now…. A club that had no real ambition from a football perspective. One of the best players I’ve seen down at the Arsenal and I’ve been going since 1984! #sellupstan
Van gaal appointment was biggest disappointment for United..he let go off every players like robin, vidic.
They were already finished at the top level...
@@IBENGM btw they could easily inherite their experience to the youngster which could help United to build a team by this time.
@@greentv24 Yeah and that's what coaches are there for! People like Carrick, Ole etc but having finished players in your squad is a liability they had to go!
@@IBENGM that's where my point is! Wrong coach in wrong time. You let go the players when you fill the fit replacement...that's how works in football field...
And chicharito
I never understood the hate, we are rivals with Arsenal not enemies; we exist to push eachother to make ourselves better like grinding rock against rock to hone them both Would you rather him have gone to oil city or chelsea or loserpool?
Bless.
This interview is proof what a POS LvG was at Utd! van Persie was miles above what he could manage.
So true
Van gaal was a fucking Nazi at man united.. absolutely hated his reign
The funny thing is Van Gaal already managed him for the national team where RVP was awesome. Not sure why it didn't go well with them at United.
I personally preferred Moyes over Van Gaal. Van Gaal couldn’t manage to get the best of Di Maria, Memphis and Falcao too. I m grateful for his development of Rashford, Lingard and Martial but that wasn’t enough to compensate for the loss that took place earlier.
Even David Moyes would have Kept him. LVG is just a Lump of Big Ego
Legend has it... the 'ivan' dude RVP was referring to was ivan the terrible.
Thanks Arsenal for giving us RVP...his final season at United and a couple before at Arsenal was lit 🔥...he scored wonder goals ..
People don’t understand Vangaal lol. He’s like living in the 18th century with that kind of discipline.
This guy won us our last league title. He is still very actual.
Rvp us united fans will all ways lv you united united 🏆
Van persie...will go down as a united legend. Wish he stayed longer
Wonder of a left foot RVP, GGMU 😎
Ooh robin van persie he was a slick player miss him
At his best, one of the most clinical strikers the Prem has ever seen
Absolutely shocking by van gaal, showed he wasn't up to the job with the people he brought in! Disrespectful to robin who still had lots to offer. Thing is the club was in decline from the day fergie left!
As a gooner I’ll always love him the utd thing was hard to watch but least he’s got the balls to talk where’s cesc and nasri
Cesc is a blue now.
It's difficult for a player to make demands on a club though, it's complicated.
Another huge LVG mistake made...Loved watching Robin play for Utd, like he was born for it. Wish we had him years prior and 3 more following.
Van Persie, Chicarito, Evans, Welbeck, Rafael, Evra... he gutted the squad and hired players who were not up to it or past it.
@@CarlinConnolly No he signed good players as well LVG is a weird duck, he always has reasons for why he does things but sometimes they are just plain....weird
Kroenke would never have agreed to his suggestions.
He's talking about a transitional time with no SAF. Less football people around who would have treated him with the respect he deserved. Still, he was a long time servant of Arsenal not us. We had him for 2 seasons
@Johnny Ola who is you or me?? Throwing around insults that divide fan bases. You lemon. I loved RVP you whopper lol.
Was delighted he came to UTD but he was treated awfully... He had great years at AFC and 1 great year at UTD. When SAF left RVP was forced out
The dutch are always frank when they speak.
You’re not alone Robin , we all hated Van Gaal
Specially argentinians😆
Cant Jake Humphrys clear off back to Bamzooki?
Everyone at the time knew United needed a goal scorer, the fact that Arsenal were willing to sell RVP to United wasnt really entirely his fault imo. United n Chelsea were their rival n they sold him. Now 2022/2023 season, imagine United selling CR7 to City or Liverpool. RVP's transfer was worse than this.
Arsenal Legend RVP , you could have said that we would have understood ...Fans love honest players but their ego .......
I have lot of respect for him, why did he call back Wenger , he wanted to go go back to Arsenal
After hearing this, I would welcome him back to Arsenal to be involved in the club. Gazidas was a disease to Arsenal and us fans knew it long time ago. #kroenkeout
When Arsenal players leave, I have always blamed the club for not providing the right environment and culture for our players to sustain success. Yes we built a stadium and the debt had to be paid but consistently lose our best players every season was the downfall of our club. Our fans have always blamed the players but it’s good to hear these stories where we get a true reflection of the harsh world of being a footballer. I heard similar stories with Adebayor and others where the board treated them like shit. Since Kroenkes came to the club we and he gained a bigger percentage of the club we slide further and further downwards.
@@malcolmgerald protected him on the sense when we played badly or he had his rape accusation but he had our best season, player of the season and we didn’t even offer him a contract.
Never agreed with the stick he got after going to man it'd. Arsenal had no ambition to win the prem and under Wenger's last year's it was 4th is a trophy type of attitude. I was glad that a player of his fantastic striking ability won the prem.
I don't blame this man one bit for leaving arsenal. Ivan, Wenger, kroenke these guys didn't care about competing, and rvp wanted to win, so he moved. I just don't get it why some deluded arsenal fans hate him
One the of the reasons why I dont like Van Gaal managing United despite winning the FA Cup in his final season
LVG had made huge mistake that time. I was very disappointed that time. 😩😩
Once a gunner always a gunner!! Except for Van Persie!! Pariah!! Mercenary!! Buzzard!!
I was shattered when he left Arsenal but he was right to leave...
I don't know what went in LVG's mind. Sold RVP & Chicharito with Rooney as the only forward who was not a no 9. He even played Fellaini as a no 9 against Liverpool.
As a Mexican nothing has made me feel like slapping someone until I met LVG
@@Anonymous-wy5dc I loved Chicharito. He loved the club & showed passion for the club. But LVG didn't seem to like him from the offset. Losing both RVP & Chicha was really sad.
I find it really weird that he doesn’t mention wenger in the later years of his career only the beginning. It seems they had a massive falling out
interesting that he is saying that Arsenal get an easy time from the media compared to Utd
I thought RVP doesn't talk coz on pitch he used to be silent just playing
Would like to know the seven points
We did ask!
rb, lb, cb, cb, gk, cdm, chairman... 7 solid points
Hated him for years. But with time I’m glad he left our joke of a club to become a champion at United.
At the end of the day he did the right thing.
A great striker but football is a ruthless game at the elite level.
Line them up RVP 😂😂
Now I understand,I hated this man for no reason by leaving Arsenal but I didn't hate him for winning with Man utd, he deserved it.. Hopefully Ozil will tell us his story too, I'm still Ozils fan even this day
Ozil is one of the most inconsistent players to ever kick a ball
Some ppl take tough talk to an embarrassing level the way van Gaal spoke to rvp he sabotaged his career (van Gaal) himself
To think that was a fellow dutch man hurts big time!
Wipes out his arsenal career with 1 season at man utd
On my life, I’ve never held any anger towards him for leaving. I was angry at Wenger if anything…
Man fck Van Gaal I want him soo bad not to leave back then wanna see his iconic more!!
He left because we are not ambitious.
Doing well for not being ambitious now!
@@STST at the time we weren't ambitious were we ....??? Lol funny comment
Who is Ivan?
Ivan Gazidis. Arsenal Chairman. I went to school with him in Manchester.
He was our best player by then,,, how is it possible he was not offered a deal??? Also he says he wrote a letter saying " I am not staying".... doesn't add up, all the same he is a 🐍 🐍
TOP 3 STRIKERS For me; Etoo, Henry, RVP in that order.
Higher standards,how the tables have turned
He deserve it.
Imagine having Van Persie, Cesc Fabregas, Samir Nasri and surrounding those 3 with average to below average players and wondering why Arsenal can't win the League. You get better CDM, CB, RW, and GK.
Back then we we're 3-4 players away now we are 12-13 players away ffs
I think the reason why arsenal young team failed to win anything worthwhile is because wenger decided to bin senior players off too prematurely. Senior players like Vieira, Campbell, Lehmann, Cole, Henry, Pires, Gilberto were being allowed to go one by one every season eventhough the young players were still in great need of their guidance on the field. Even SAF always kept senior players in his team, like Schmeichel, Pallister, Cantona, McClair in the 90's and Giggs, Gary Neville, Scholes in the 2000's.
I loved RVP at United but he's being dishonest about his second season after Sir Alex left. He was gutted SAF left and didn't try a fucking leg for Moyes as a result. I can understand him not trying for a dud like Moyes but he was still happy to pick up £150000 PW for doing nothing
Ruud Van Nistelrooy Mark II.
I got proof of the contract 👀👀 i know Ivan Bro
Robin. It's also money and the new stadium.
Arsenal is good club. One day they will come back and win titles for sure. They respect humans .it was Robin's wish to leave arsenal & London.
Maybe this year!
Ivan was a prick at Arsenal. What I don’t understand is why didn’t wenger get rid of him or try to push him out the club ?
United of the last 5 yrs have lowered standards
Glazer's have lowered standards to qualifying for champions league every season.
Saving you 11 minutes: The difference was a premier league trophy You're welcome
He was good enough it was moyes and van gaal had no clue
I think it was more that he was he every arsenals fav player. Could of been an Arsenal Legend. Instead his the player that United use to laugh at us. Before you start. I know.. everyone laughs at us everyday...
Footballers in England are not famous now.
Arsenal didn't offer him a deal because he already decided to leave. He now blames someone new every time rather than admitting that it was his ego.
Was angry when he left Arsenal like how many others left. But can't blame these players for wanting to leave this mess. Look at Arsenal now, just pathetic. Atleast Arsenal had some great moments when those guys were playing
Up The Gunners!
We sent RVP to Utd to nick us an EPL winner's medal.
Humphreys with the tightest jeans known to man. The fuck is that fit
Fergie was the biggest impact at utd since he left it went tits up