Manchester United are confident that they have won a 20 million pound striker hunt belongs to the rival Arsenal's Robin van Persie.
According to The Mirror, the architect of United's Sir Alex Ferguson is confident the Gunners captain could menduetkan with Wayne Rooney up front and create an unrivaled champion to regain the Premier League crown off of their hands last season.
Van Persie scored 30 goals and help Arsenal finish the season ranked third in the league 2011/12 yesterday, while Rooney carved out 27 goals for United.
The Mirror claims that Ferguson has told colleagues that he believed that Van Persie will be anchored at Old Trafford despite a challenge from Manchester City and Juventus.
Give his captain to Sir Alex could be painful blow for Gunners boss Arsene Wenger.
Previously, Wenger has removed former captain Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona and Samir Nasri to the City.
Arsenal seem to have no choice but to sell Van Persie this summer, unless they are willing him to go for free next season. The reason, insists Van Persie was not going to extend his contract one year remaining at the Emirates.
City should sell some players first before bringing the new ammunition. However, although the English champions have a superior financial strength, Van Persie is believed to be more interested in strengthening the Red Devil.
Van Persie is back in training after returning from holiday and post-Euro 2012 Arsenal expected to be ready to take decisions on the future of the Dutch national team striker before they left for Asia to undergo a pre-season tour this weekend.
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