
Robin van Persie reaches agreement with his next club givemesport.com van persie van persie. Back in June 2014, Robin van Persie believed he had the ability to play at the highest level for another 10 years. “Ideally, I want to play until I’m 40 – maybe I can even stretch that to 42 – but that’s what I want because this is what I love doing and it’s what I’ve done my whole life,” the Dutch striker, then with Manchester United, was quoted as saying by the Manchester Evening News. “I want to stretch out this experience as long as possible because I like it so much. My goal is to play 22 years of professional football and I want to experience as many good moments as I can.” Van Persie probably envisaged he would still at Old Trafford well into his late thirties. Following his remarkable debut season with the Red Devils, he could have been forgiven for feeling like he was invincible. Van Gaal killed Van Persie's United dream However, age catches up with all players and Van P...