Robin Van Persie admits he wanted to play for Barcelona – “I was hoping the deal would happen”

Robin Van Persie is thought to be among the finest European strikers to ever grace the sport of soccer within the twenty first century.

Having performed for golf equipment like Arsenal and Manchester United, Van Persie had scored 144 objectives in 280 Premier League matches and was as soon as thought-about one of many league’s finest strikers.

Nonetheless, van Persie’s profession trajectory might have panned out very otherwise, because the participant has lately admitted that he would have liked to play for Barcelona.

Van Persie needed to play for Barcelona

‘I’ve all the time needed to play for Barcelona, and I’ve all the time hoped it might come true, and I’ve all the time puzzled if it was doable for it to develop into a actuality as a result of it’s an actual dream of mine,” Van Persie stated, as quoted by journalist Ayim Derrick.

The Dutchman went on to disclose that Barcelona had been even interested by his providers six months earlier than his transfer to Fenerbahce.

Van Persie joined Fenerbahce in the summertime of 2015, so Barcelona had been presumably interested by his providers in early 2016.

“I keep in mind there was a short curiosity from Barcelona six months after my transfer to Fenerbahçe and I hoped the deal would undergo,” he stated.

Van Persie later added that he was disenchanted after his agent informed him that the deal wouldn’t occur.

“It could have been nice if the transfer had gone by, however my agent referred to as me and stated, ‘It’s not going to occur’,” he revealed.

Van Persie ended up enjoying for Fenerbahce till 2018, that includes in 87 matches within the course of. He returned to his boyhood membership Feyenoord in 2018 earlier than retiring from skilled soccer a yr later.

The Dutchman at present coaches the Feyenoord senior workforce – a job that was entrusted to him earlier within the yr.