Arsenal Captain Robin Van Persie And Vermaelen Also Appointed Vice-Captain

Arsenal have confirmed Robin van Persie as the club's new captain following Cesc Fabregas' move to Barcelona and van Persie takes the armband from Fabregas who completed his the protracted move to a hometown Barcelona on Monday and belgian defender Thomas Vermaelen has been promoted to vice-captain to Van Persie and Gunners boss Arsene Wenger believes the Dutchman will prove to be a leader in the team in his new role.

Van Persie who will take the armband for this weekend's clash with Liverpool as he is suspended for the Champions League clash with Udinese, is ready to take up responsibility that goes with being captain in the team and as captain you are an ambassador for a club and i'm ready for that Van Persie told the official matchday programme.

International career for a Van Persie was a U-21 international and took part of the 2004 and 2006 European Championship qualifying and he was used in a wider role as a left wing due to the preference of the experienced Ruud van Nistelrooy in a striker role and he was already in the senior squad for the FIFA World Cup and he is a 1st caps for the Netherlands in less than the span of a week first in a 2–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying win over Romania on 4 June 2005.

Vermaelen joined Arsenal from Ajax for an initial fee of €10 million, rising to €12 million on 19 June 2009 and signing a 4 year contract after Kolo Toure surrendered the number five jersey to him upon joining Manchester City Vermaelen with William Gallas formed Arsenal's central defence pairing and he made his Premier League debut on 15 August 2009 in a game against Everton and scored in the 37th minute he became the 84th Arsenal player to score on their debut.

Robin Van Persie Family Vacation in Fermentera

After a visit to LA, the family vacation continues to the beautiful island of Fermentera.They are my second most favorite football family, after Kaka, of course.....

The couple also joined by the family friends during the holiday.

Robin van Persie calls for signings for Arsenal but believes they can challenge for honours next season

Robin van Persie has voiced his frustration after another familiar tale of disappointment at the Arsenal but believes they can challenge for honours next season if a number of new players arrive and the Gunners' latest campaign followed a similar pattern to many others in recent years as a promising situation unravelled from February onwards.

Arsene Wenger's side have not to be won a trophy for 2005 FA Cup and Van Persie believes they should no longer to be considered among the favourites for the Premier League title.

Dutch striker is to be confident Arsenal will be able to compete over the next 12 months if Wenger is active in the transfer market and the every year it goes wrong in an identical way and that is frustrating," Van Persie said in The Sun.

It's still unbelievable we didn't win a Carling Cup and that was the breakthrough moment, showing everyone we could win a cup and create a belief within the team.

Robin van Persie told When you look at the results in a last years, Arsenal shouldn't be talking about winning the league because too many times that has gone wrong.

Robin Van Persie Injury Update

After Cristiano Ronaldo injury disaster, now it's Robin van Persie's turn to be sidelined for another 2 to 3 weeks to come.

The Arsenal and Netherlands striker twisted his ankle during the premier league match against Blackburn on Saturday (28/8), 35 minutes after he played. Therefore, he won't be able to take a part for Arsenal's Championship League opener against Braga on Sept 15th, as well as European Championship qualifiers against San Marino and Finland in September. Netherlands called up for Ruud van Nistelrooy to replace him, for the first time in 2 years.

At first, it seems to be a short-term injury, since it was just a twisted ankle. Even after the match, the Arsenal coach said, "It is a twisted ankle.We will have to check but, if we have no bad news, we hope that in eight to ten days he can be okay."