Cesc tells RVP to stay at Arsenal... one year after leaving them for Barcelona

Former Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas has urged Robin van Persie not to follow him out of the door of The Emirates and stay in north London.

Fabregas quit Arsenal last summer for a move to boyhood team Barcelona but has urged his former team-mate to stay put and help them win trophies.

Gunners fans may be slightly bemused by the comments from Fabregas as the midfielder was involved in several summer-long transfer sagas but the midfielder says he remains an Arsenal fan.

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He told a Catalan newspaper: 'As an Arsenal fan I would be happy if he stayed in London to help Arsenal win titles.'

Arsenal are facing another transfer saga in their battle to keep van Persie as Manchester City, Manchester United and Juventus are in for him while Real Madrid and Barcelona are watching developments.

Arsenal have offered van Persie a deal worth £130,000-a-week plus a £5m signing-on fee and may hold him to the final year of his contract.

Don't do what I did: Cesc Fabregas has told Robin Van Persie to stay at Arsenal

Ex-Arsenal captain Fabregas also insisted that Gareth Bale - who is on Barca’s wish list - should be seen as a winger rather than an attacking full back even for Barcelona’s cavalier attitude.