Robin van Persie admits he is 'evaluating' his future at Manchester United and claims the club are doing likewise with him, as reported by ​the Telegraph.





Van Persie has a year to run on his Old Trafford contract and there is no sign of a new one despite the departure of fellow striker Radamel Falcao and likely exit of another one, Javier Hernandez this summer.

United boss Louis van Gaal is understood to want to keep his fellow Dutchman for this reason, but with Euro 2016 coming up and Wayne Rooney the manager's first choice centre forward Van Persie is considering his options.





“I must evaluate the situation,” the 31-year-old said. “The club is doing that as well. I must consider what I really want.





“If I contemplate the negative and say I won't play much next season, that wouldn't be good for me with Euro 2016 coming up.





“It's a strange, difficult situation. A new situation, that's a better word.





“I have to think, in a realistic way. It's my ambition to play the next years and I'm thinking about my family and my children with every decision I take. These are very important for me.





“I'm a real family guy. I think it's fantastic to see how happy my children and wife are. That's something I take in consideration when I'm thinking about my future.”









Van Persie's goals secured a record 20th English league title in 2012-13 but his form deteriorated following the departure of manager Sir Alex Ferguson that summer.





Van Gaal's appointment was expected to come as a boost to the striker, who had been made captain of the Netherlands by the incoming boss, but he mustered just 10 goals and only 29 appearances all season.





“The World Cup hit me hard,” Van Persie said. “I noticed I wasn't as sharp as usual at the beginning of the season. That was difficult.”





Van Persie, who has been linked with Fenerbahce and Juventus, also claimed that the pressures of playing for United, unlike previous clubs Arsenal and Feyenoord, have proved difficult to deal with.





“Manchester United is a beast and that has two sides,” Van Persie said.





“Manchester United is viewed and followed by more people than at other clubs and also more media.





“But I have to deal with that. I made that choice and must accept the consequences.”





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