Van Persie has struggled with injuries over the past two years and will turn 32 in August

Galatasaray have abandoned their pursuit of Robin van Persie over the Manchester United striker’s wage demands of £240,000 a week.

Van Persie is about to enter the final 12 months of his contract at Old Trafford and has admitted publicly that he faces an uncertain future at the club.

The Turkish champions are one of several clubs, including Juventus, Roma and Inter Milan, who have been monitoring the Holland forward, but the combination of the player’s £12.5 million annual salary and United’s expected demands for a £5 million fee have prompted them to look elsewhere.

“Van Persie is not on the wish list of the club — any deal for him would be too expensive,” Hamza Hamzaoglu, the Galatasaray coach, told Voetbal Primeur.

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