I Am Gooner

Robin van Persie of Arsenal wins the FWA Footballer of the Year by 100 votes from Wayne Rooney, only 250ish voters.

Quotes form Q&A at the FWA awards

·         To Fabrice Muamba, who is at the ceremony:  “Your fight is just incredible; I can’t wait to see you back on the pitch”

Back to Arsenal

·         Credits club chief scout Steve Rowley for his success and thanks technical and medical staff.

On captaincy:

·         It was a sad moment because it meant Fabregas left, but we had to move on.  It was a massive honor, so I took it.  Says he learned a lot from former Arsenal captains Tony Adams, Thierry Henry, Cesc Fabregas and, Patrick Viera.

On his playing position: 

·         I’m not a traditional No 9, so I was a bit insecure, whether I could play in this league as a CF, or a 2nd striker. So I did a bit of both, what I call a 9.5.  His definition of the unorthodox role he plays at AFC.

On his favorite goal this season:

·         Picks the volley against Everton as his favorite goal.  Thanks Theo and Song for the assists

On his future: 

·         Arsenal is an unbelievable club and the player I am today is because of Arsenal.  Eight years ago, RVP told by David Dein he had to sign for Arsenal with Dein’s ‘lucky’ pen. Bergkamp signed with it. Henry did. Vieira did.  RVP says he signed for club because’ my heart was running hard for Arsenal. Still have to set a date after end of season for meeting with Gazidis and the Boss (AW) whatever happens with me I’ll always feel a Gunner.

Reblogged from fyarsenal

fyarsenal:

“You’ve got to play well for your club and the manager will pick players on form, so I’m not going to look too far ahead after what happened to me a couple of years ago. He plays players in form and you always get a chance to play and show what you can do and hopefully we can take that into the tournament when it comes to it. Firstly I’m going to be concentrating on Arsenal after the poor start we’ve had.”

-Theo Walcott