Van Persie to Man City?

The richest club in the world Manchester City is preparing many new transfers in the beginning of the new 2012. Even thought the club is currently leading the standings in the Premier League, it wants to further increase the class of its team. Goal number 1 for "City" is the player of Arsenal Robin van Persie. Currently the Dutch forward receives some 80 000 pounds a week from Arsenal, but the team from Manchester is ready to give him the magnificent 200,000 pounds a week. The contract of van Persie with the "gunners" ends after a year and a half.

Since he came to Arsenal, van Persie has won only the FA Cup in 2005 and nothing else. The want for trophies may incline him to sign "City", as the future of the team looks very bright. Previously two players of Arsenal went to "Etihad Staduim" for the same reason - Gael Clichy and Samir Nasri. To make sure that the transfer happens, City has prepared 30 million pounds, which they hope will be sufficient to make Arsenal accept their offer.

This astronomical year van Persie has scored 33 goals in the Premier Legue, and is only 3 goals away from the record of Alen Shierer. The scorer is in great form, and is currently the reason for Arsenal's uprising in the past months.

Arsene Wenger is staying in Arsenal

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insisted that he would remain with Arsenal for a few more years. On Saturday, right after the 2-1 win at Norwich, the 62-year-old Frenchman stated once again that he has no intentions to leave his team at the end of the season. He said: "I have a few more years to go. I will stay and that's it", but he also admited that if club decides so, he would have no other choice to leave, but he is completely commited to his job. Wenger promised to show his commitment at the end of the season.

The Frenchman is in charge of the Gunners since 1996. He lead them to three Premier League titles, and four FA Cup wins, but he has not won a trophy since 2005.

In September Stan Kroenke, the owen of Arsenal, stated that the future of Wenger is in his hands, and that he's the only one to decide when Wenger is leaving.

In his interview to the French Newspaper L'Equipe, Arsene Wenger revealed his disappointment of the loss of key players. "For the first time I lost young players, who were reaching maturity," he said. "I suffered. It's painful to lose key men you have invested a lot in."

This statement is related to the loss of Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona and Samir Nasri to Manchester City, this summer.

Arsene Wenger signed his current contract in August 2010 and it expires in the summer of 2014, but as the manager himself said he is planning to stay "another 14 years" at the club.

Arsenal Resurrects against Stoke City

The Gunners, who have been experiencing great problems this season and have disappointed many of their fans, won a very important game against Stoke City. Robin van Persie scored twice after coming as a substitute in the 66th minute.

The other goal for the team was scored by Aaron Ramsey.

The game proved that Arsenal depends greatly on Van Persie; their main hope is that he remains uninjured till the end of the season. The duet of Gervinho and Van Persie proved to be very effective for the offensive gamestyle Arsenal wants to apply. With this home victory, Arsenal climbed to the seventh place in the Premiership and shows signs of recovery from the crisis in the beginning of the season. For now, Arsene Wenger remains on the post of manager of the team. He is one of the symbols of Arsenal and has achieved the team's greatest ever successes, namely the final in the Champions League against Barcelona and the title in Premiership in 2004.