Taken from Never Manage AloneLike all modern day footballers, stating the blindingly obvious, Van Persie is obsessed with money. He and the others can never get enough. Together with his con agent, (who is also rubbing his hands in anticipation of his share of the booty) they realise that if he does not make his position at Arsenal untenable, then they will miss out on a big chance to milk some sucker club such as Manchester City who have already conned out of a good few billions. He is aware that if he is held to his contract, then at 30 years of age in 2013, he will no longer be an attractive proposition to the money clubs.Remember that this is a player who spent more time on the treatment table than on the field of play over the past eight years. I did not hear him bemoan Ars...