Rooney – Van Persie would be a great addition to Man. United

Manchester United talisman Wayne Rooney believes that Robin van Persie would be a great addition to the squad, hailing the Dutchman as a “fantastic player.”

The Arsenal attacker has been widely linked with a move to Old Trafford, since voicing his wish of not renewing his deal with the gunners, which is due at the end of the 2012-13 campaign.

“Of course he's a player that I admire,” Rooney said to the Daily Mail.

“He's a fantastic player, he's been amazing for Arsenal over many years. Last season was probably his best season of all, he scored a lot of goals.”

“If he does come here he would be a great addition to the squad.”

When questioned whether he would like to play alongside Van Persie, who was last season’s best Premier League goalscorer, the England international said: “I'd like to think so - but you'd have to ask the manager about that.”

“There's a lot of forwards here already with myself, [Danny] Welbeck, Chicharito and [Dimitar] Berbatov, who's still here.”

“So there's a lot of forwards fighting for a place.”

Robin van Persie Robin van Persie  Netherlands 1983-08-06 (29 years) Forward 71 kg 183 cm See player profile>

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