Van Persie targets 30-goal season

Robin van Persie hopes to remain injury free for Arsenal and hit thirty goals next season.

The Dutchman has struggled with injuries throughout his whole career, but believes he can reach the heights of other world greats if he can stay fit.

His manager Arsène Wenger compared him to Lionel Messi earlier in the season, and van Persie is flattered, and hopes he can achieve what the Barcelona striker has.

He said: "Arsène Wenger said at the end of this season, once I'd come back into the team, that people would have been talking about me like Lionel Messi if I had not been injured.

"I can see what the manager meant when he said those things. But I still think I am not in the same class until I have gone a long period without an injury.

"And I want to go through next season where I score 30 goals and have 20 assists.

"Only then I will turn around to the manager and say, 'Yes boss, you are right'.

"But I admit that I have a massive desire to get to the level of Messi, Rooney and Ronaldo. And I'd rather do it today than tomorrow."

van Persie will be hoping to showcase his skills at this summer's World Cup for Holland, after showing impressive pre-tournament form for his country.

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