Skip to content
AP/Press Association Images

RVP was an arsehole over World Cup comments - Van Hooijdonk

The former team-mates are caught up in a war of words.

FORMER NETHERLANDS INTERNATIONAL Pierre van Hooijdonk thought Robin van Persie was an “arsehole” following his response to criticisms during World Cup 2014.

The ex-Nottingham Forest and Celtic forward suggested Van Persie should be dropped by Netherlands during the tournament in Brazil, before later claiming Manchester United were attempting to force him out of the club.

Following Netherlands’ third-place play-off clash with the hosts, the striker reacted to those comments by telling his former Feyenoord team-mate to stop “creating problems” and “stick to playing golf”.

The 45-year-old has revealed he was not impressed by Van Persie’s response and feels the ongoing feud says a lot about his character.

“Obviously he has more problems with me than I with him,” he said on the television show Derksen.

“I may have been too soft on him, so people could not say I wanted to take revenge on him when I reacted back then.

“I don’t know what his problem is. This says more about him than about me, but I did think for a second: you arsehole.”

Van Persie signed for Fenerbahce ahead of the 2015-16 season but has struggled to cement a place in the first team.

Great players & Irish interest – here’s why you should pay attention to the MLS play-offs

Author
View 17 comments
Close
17 Comments
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute eyeontheball
    Favourite eyeontheball
    Report
    Jan 20th 2016, 7:31 PM

    All the bricks are in place in Clare. No pressure or excuses this year then Davy!!

    83
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Pud
    Favourite Pud
    Report
    Jan 20th 2016, 8:38 PM

    Did I read that right , Clare have
    3 coaches already + Davy who I presume is manager/ coach & now they’ve added another coach.
    Jesus they’ve more coaches then Kavanaghs Buses .

    73
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute N O hUallaigh
    Favourite N O hUallaigh
    Report
    Jan 20th 2016, 10:32 PM

    €€€.. Davy could bankrupt them for years like he did to Waterford

    26
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Shane McCarthy
    Favourite Shane McCarthy
    Report
    Jan 20th 2016, 8:26 PM

    Great news for clare hurling

    44
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute jamie walker
    Favourite jamie walker
    Report
    Jan 20th 2016, 9:51 PM

    This is the man that made them tick in 2013 was missing for a lot of 2014!! So this is unbelievable news for clare hurling!!

    27
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Kevin O'Malley
    Favourite Kevin O'Malley
    Report
    Jan 20th 2016, 8:46 PM

    Great new for Clare, a clear message to the rest. Your man above is right, all the the ingredients are in place now for us, do or die this year.

    25
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute pjm
    Favourite pjm
    Report
    Jan 20th 2016, 9:06 PM

    No excuses for Fitzy now, if they underperform again he has to go.

    34
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Chris Long
    Favourite Chris Long
    Report
    Jan 20th 2016, 9:15 PM

    He should’ve went last season….. Nepotism at its finest

    25
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Patrick Barton
    Favourite Patrick Barton
    Report
    Jan 20th 2016, 8:52 PM

    Great news

    17
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Brian Walsh
    Favourite Brian Walsh
    Report
    Jan 20th 2016, 10:39 PM

    Great coup ! I’m off to the bookies to clean up on the banner this year !

    14
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Fred west
    Favourite Fred west
    Report
    Jan 21st 2016, 12:36 AM

    Id be inclined to join you .

    8
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute conex
    Favourite conex
    Report
    Jan 21st 2016, 12:34 AM

    Banner for Liam

    10
Submit a report
Please help us understand how this comment violates our community guidelines.
Thank you for the feedback
Your feedback has been sent to our team for review.