I don't know about you guys and I know while he has been injured alot, he has only won one trophy in his 8 years at the club and that was in his first season.

He stayed when Pires, Henry, Fabregas and Nasri left. Yes, Pires and Henry have contributed so much in their time at Arsenal before the left and Wenger didn't exactly like giving 30 year olds long term contracts. Fabregas left to go back to his boyhood club. Nasri well, probably money but I think it's more because he felt Man City had a better chance than winning but his attitude towards Arsenal after he left was IMO, kinda disrespectful aslo.

I don't think RvP is motivated by money and I'm in no doubt he loves Arsenal but I think he wants to win trophies more than anything else and perhaps he got fed up with the lack of investments in the past. I don't think the signings of Podolski and Giroud made any difference because he probably already made up his mind.

You know, finishing top four for the last 8 years is just not enough. While I envy Arsenal for always being in Champions League, there are no prizes for finishing top four. Playing in Europe's elite competition is important but winning trophies is also important.

I don't think you can compare Buffon or Totti to him. Totti was born in Rome, perhaps, supported Roma and he has more reasons to stay there. Buffon is Italian, he plays in Italy and he has more reasons to stay there as well. While RvP is no Torres I'm sure, Torres claimed to loved Liverpool and all that but he was never a Liverpool fan or even born English.

I was pissed when Torres left because other than scoring goals for Liverpool, he went against everything he said and signed for another English team and he has only spent 3.5 years at Liverpool before he ran out of patience. RvP has spent 8 years there and it wasn't his fault he got injured often. He could have easily gone and sat on another team's bench offering 150k per week or he could try to help the club he loves to win trophies but it just never happened for him.

I hope he remains at Arsenal because I enjoy watching Arsenal and RvP play. I never want to see him play for another English club (except for Liverpool of course! )