van persie scored 58 goals for united.
van persie scored 58 goals for united.
how many goals did van persie score for united?
58
wenger's preparations for the 2011–12 season were disrupted by player unrest. though he insisted none of his top players would leave the club, fàbregas eventually moved to barcelona, while gaël clichy and samir nasri joined manchester city. suspensions and injuries left wenger fielding an understrength side against manchester united on 29 august 2011; arsenal were trounced 8–2, which represented their worst defeat in 115 years. needing to address the squad's lack of depth, wenger completed a series of deals in the final days of the summer transfer window. he mostly brought in experienced players, such as yossi benayoun on loan from chelsea, everton's mikel arteta and germany international per mertesacker. by october, arsenal had made their worst start to a season in 58 years, losing four of their opening seven matches. however, the team soon harmonised, and in the same month club captain robin van persie scored a hat-trick as arsenal beat chelsea 5–3. despite another season of no silverware, wenger guided arsenal to third position in the premier league, thus qualifying for the champions league for a 15th successive campaign. van persie had scored 37 goals, in his first injury-free season for the club. he, however, grew disillusioned with arsenal's transfer policy, and decided not to renew his contract, with one year remaining. when manchester united manager sir alex ferguson learnt of the situation, he called wenger to push through a deal and van persie agreed to join manchester united in august 2012. the club purchased strikers olivier giroud and lukas podolski in anticipation of the sale.
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the following season, van persie signed a three-and-a-half-year professional contract with feyenoord, and scored five goals in a 6–1 knvb cup thrashing of agovv apeldoorn on 6 february 2003. however, clashes with his manager bert van marwijk saw van persie demoted to the reserve squad, and an irate van marwijk told reporters, "his behaviour made it impossible for him to remain in the squad any longer so he will join the reserve side for the time being." during a match featuring the feyenoord and ajax reserves, he was one of several feyenoord players assaulted by hooligans who had invaded the pitch. van persie's rift with van marwijk continued when he was sent home on the eve of the 2002 uefa super cup final against real madrid after the coach was displeased with van persie's body language after being asked to warm up for a champions league qualifier. van persie finished his tumultuous first full season with the first team having scored eight goals in a total of 28 appearances, in addition to finishing runner-up in the knvb cup.
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