As this is my first article, i won't be going "all in" on Holland and Arsenals most inform striker of 2010-2011 but i will try my best.
When the maestro was bought for just £2.75 million, he was merely seen as a replacement for the legend that was and still is, Dennis Bergkamp.
Not many EPL fans had seen much of him in the Dutch league at Excelsior and of course, Feyenoord. Also to add, not many Arsenal fans in particular probably thought that one of their heroes in Bergkamp could be replaced, you could say they were proven wrong in just one season? Or you could not, it's all about opinions in football!
When he first moved, he was under the wing of possibly the best striker to grace our league in Thierry Henry and one of Hollands best strikers in Bergkamp of course and you can't ask for much more if you're an up and coming striker in the best league in the world and being mentored by one of the best managers in the game in Arsene Wenger, am i wrong?
Some people/critics will point out that he is "injury prone" as the phase is known as, however when he isn't injured and he is getting through balls to his left foot, is he unplayable? Is it right to call him one of the best strikers in Europe, maybe the world? Just the year of 2011 has lifted him up there to be considered the best in Europe? Of course you have Lionel Messi, Mario Gomez, Benzema, Higuain etc.. however Robin Van Persie has come out of the shadows of Thierry Henry, Bergkamp, Wiltord, i could go on .. not to mention Nasri and Fabregas, moving away from Arsenal which has put the dutch Maestro at maybe the peak of his career without anyone over-shadowing his movement?
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