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    Arsenal's time is now - Robin van Persie

    By Nick Bidwell

    Thursday, November 5, 2009

    A handful of Arsene Wenger's boys will need to become men if Arsenal are to end their five-year wait for a major trophy this season and in Robin van Persie, they have a player who looks ready to complete his rite of passage. After years of being hailed as the promising Dutch kid who may eventually stand on the plinth once occupied by Arsenal legend Dennis Bergkamp, Van Persie has finally matured into the world class striker his manager has long hoped he would become. Indeed, Wenger seems ...

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