Last Updated: 17th July 2012
ROBIN VAN PERSIE returned to training with Arsenal yesterday insisting he still wants to quit.
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And it seems the Gunners have given up on their skipper staying too, as their latest online catalogue does not even feature him.
Now the £30million-rated Dutch striker is demanding fresh talks with boss Arsene Wenger and chief executive Ivan Gazidis.
Van Persie, 28, wants his future sorted out before the squad leave for a Far East tour on Saturday.
An Arsenal spokesman confirmed: “Robin returned to training on Monday as expected and made it clear he wants to sit down and resolve the matter of his future, either way, as soon as possible.
“No date has yet been agreed for that meeting.”
Van Persie, who has a year left on his Arsenal deal, is wanted by Man City, Man United, Juventus and Real Madrid.
But last season’s top Premier League scorer, with 30 goals, does not feature at all in the latest online club catalogue.
There are even club T-shirts for lesser lights such as Per Mertesacker.
Van Persie helped launch the Gunners’ new home kit in April but he has been airbrushed out of the latest online brochure, which highlights the team’s new purple away kit.
RVP wants to quit the Gunners to chase football’s biggest prizes but if the matter remains unresolved by the weekend, he will still go to the Far East.
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