RVP, the Arsenal captain, has made it clear that he is not willing to sign a new contract in the immediate future, sparking fears that the club are facing yet another damaging summer transfer saga.

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Yeah... if we can get him on the cheap because his contract is running down it might be worth it.

'On the cheap' would still probably be £25m+, plus he'd be on ridiculous wages (£200k/week = £10m/year) - a cost that people often tend to ignore.

Considering our current options are 23 (Aguero), 21 (Balotelli), 26 (Dzeko) and - should he stay - 28 (Tevez), I don't think we need to spend big on a historically injury-prone striker who potentially doesn't have that many years left at the top of his game. I know our owners are super-rich but in terms of FFP and whatnot, I just don't think van Persie would be the most economically astute signing.

Hazard, on the other hand, is 21 and plays a position where we're more noticeably lacking. Given the choice between him and RVP, I'd take Hazard every time.

I agree with all of that, not bowled over at the prospect of signing him. £15m I might go to but £25m wouldn't make much sense to me, same as Zlatan.

I have some concerns over the prospect of Llorente as well to be honest. He's 27 which isn't exactly old but is older than the current crop (bar Tevez). I wouldn't be averse to signing him but any money we spent on him is liable to be money that we won't see much of back. Cavani (at 25) probably makes the most economic sense - I don't know whether he'd cost more than Llorente but should he only hang around for, say, three years, we'd stand a better chance at retaining value with a 28 year-old Cavani than a 30 year-old Llorente.

Yeah... if we can get him on the cheap because his contract is running down it might be worth it.

Just been announced on sky that Van Persie has said that he WON'T be signing a new deal at Arsenal!!

Yesterday
There is one glimmer of good news for Arsenal, Manchester City's interest in Robin van Persie is said to be on the wane, and Talksport claims that the Premier League champions could instead be lining up a bid for Edinson Cavani. The Uruguayan hotshot has netted 64 times for Napoli in the past two years and that's attracted the interest of Sky Blues boss Roberto Mancini.

Only last week Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis said the South American striker was "not transferable". That has apparently prompted a cry from Cavani's heart. Asked by Uruguayan news website Subrayado about the possibility of moving to City, the 25-year-old Cavani said: "My job is to play and I do not think about certain things. In my opinion, however, if an offer arrives the president - De Laurentiis - will sit down to talk with whomever I want."

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Plus I don't want anymore of AFC's players. There will soon start to be jokes about signing their best players.
Wait a few years and sign Ox!

Soon? Those jokes started after Touré and Adebayor. The feeder-club status of Arsenal was just confirmed with Clichy and Nasri.