A Tribute to Robin van Persie: Technique, Precision and Class

Today marks the 29th birthday of a Gunner that has shaken the football world for more reasons than one.
Born on the 6th of August 1983 in the Dutch City of Rotterdam, Robin van Persie began his youth career in Exclesior before making a move to the club that gave him his football education, Feyernoord. In his three-year stint in Feyernoord’s first team from 2001 to 2004, van Persie won the UEFA Cup with the Dutch outfit but he had a lot of irreconcilable differences with the manager and present Dutch coach, Bert van Marwijk.
He won the best young talent of the EreDivisie award in 2002 and had a tumultuous time in the tail end of his Feyernoor...