Monday, 24th November, 2014
Robin van Persie has revealed he could have ended up at Rangers before he joined Arsenal, but the Scottish giants needed to offload a player before they could afford him.
At the time Van Persie was playing for Feyenoord in the Netherlands, however was looking to move on to continue his development abroad.
Rangers' Dutch manager at the time, Dick Advocaat, wanted Van Persie at Ibrox and the striker was keen to join. The Dutchman feels though that in the end his switch to Arsenal was for the best.
"I was still playing for Feyenoord and I wanted to go there [to Rangers]. I spoke to Dick Advocaat, he was the manager of Glasgow Rangers", Van Persie told BT Sport.
"He was interested, I was interested, I was ready to go. But they first needed to sell one player before they could buy me.
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"So, I was ready to go there. I was still very young, about 19 or 20, but in the end I went to Arsenal", the Manchester United man added.
Van Persie turned out for Arsenal from 2004 until 2012, at which time he exited the Gunners to join Manchester United.
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