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| Posted: 14 Mar 2014 12:43 AM PDT
Like for everybody else connected with United, this season has been a troublesome one for RVP. The focal point of United’s attack last season and the catalyst for Sir Alex Ferguson’s last league title, the Dutchman has suffered a couple of injuries this season that have limited his appearances on the pitch and was happy to criticise his team-mates after the defeat against Olympiacos in Athens.
Rumours suggesting he was unhappy with David Moyes’ tactics and approach in training have also circulated since the beginning of the season, when the United manager was accused of “overtrain” his striker, but RVP last night was keen to dismiss rumours linking him with a move away from the club. “The truth is I’m very happy at this club,” Van Persie told United Review, in an interview that will appear on Sunday’s programme ahead of Liverpool’s visit to Old Trafford. “I signed for four years and I’d be delighted to stay even longer, beyond the next two years I have left on my contract. This is how I feel, although it’s not what has been suggested in the media.” Van Persie insisted he was happy with David Moyes and United’s current squad. “I’m very happy with my team-mates and I’m very happy with my manager and his staff. The sessions we have on the training ground are fantastic and I’m learning a lot from them every day. “I’ve been a professional footballer for 12 years now and there’s no doubt I’m learning new things and progressing with David Moyes. “Over the last few years I’ve started to look more closely at the way coaches work to learn from them – not just here at the club but with the international team as well. “I’ve worked with some brilliant coaches and I’ve taken a real interest in all the methods they use and the choices they make. And I can tell you that Moyes’s sessions and the things he says in his team meetings are spot on. I really enjoy working under him and I’m absolutely convinced things will pick up and we’ll turn it around. “I don’t do a lot of interviews. I think you can count my interviews this season on one hand, so maybe it’s the case that when I do speak people want to turn it into something sensational. I don’t mind that – it’s part of the business we are in. I don’t mind if my performances get dissected and people criticise what I’ve done on the pitch. They can talk about my game 24/7 for all I care. And a lot of those opinions and criticisms may actually be right. So I don’t mind that. “What I need to address are the situations when people are taking it upon themselves to think for me, make assumptions, or interpret things as if they are me. Last time I checked my head was still attached to my body, so I’m the only one who knows exactly what I’m feeling and that is not what I or the fans have been reading. I know I probably only see about 10% of what’s written about me but the things I have read recently aren’t based on the truth. “Like I said, talk about my performances or talk about a tackle that was too late, I don’t mind, but it goes too far when people start suggesting, amongst other things, that I have a bad understanding with the manager. “That’s not true at all. There is mutual respect between us and the work environment is actually good. He really wants things to work here at Manchester United and I want the same, just like the other players. We’re all working hard to make this work.” Some good news, at last. |
| Posted: 13 Mar 2014 08:32 AM PDT
Fellaini himself has endured a troubled first campaign at United, after arriving from Everton on deadline day last summer for £27m, but the Belgian midfielder has stated he’s determined to repay the faith Moyes has shown in him and is desperate to help his manager and the club out of the difficult situation they’ve found themselves in throughout the season.
“What makes United different is that they stand by managers,” Fellaini told Sky Sports. “You look at the career of Sir Alex Ferguson and he managed the club 26 years. “You have to give David Moyes time as well. He is a strong character. That’s why he can take the pressure. Given time he will be good for Manchester United. “Man United had the same manager for 26 years – to change that is not easy for anyone. The supporters and everybody else has to give him time.” “I can only say a huge thank you because I learned so much from him,” said Fellaini. The former Everton player was also quick to express his gratitude to the manager who brought him into the Premier League from Standard Liege in 2008. “When I arrived at Everton he spoke to me about English football, the life and the style of the country. Also at Man United he spoke to me about life there as well. It is important because we have football but we also need a life as well. “I played a lot of games for Everton and had some very good moments there. I could never say something bad about him because he has done everything for me. When I played bad he told me. When I played well he told me. When I have a bad demeanour on the pitch he tells me. “When it’s bad off the pitch he tells me that as well. It’s important for me that when I am good he tells me. And when I am bad he does the same. “Last season when I was suspended for Stoke City [after a headbutt] he was very hard on me. He made me go back out and train alone with him. I was like his son and I had been bad so I took my punishment,” continued the Belgian. “He is the most important person in my career. I could never say something bad about him because he has done everything for me. “He has done so much or me that of course I want to repay him at Manchester United.” |
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