Rafael van der Vaart confirms Arsenal passed on the chance to sign him
Rafael van der Vaart has admitted he spoke to Robin van Persie about the chance to join Arsenal from Real Madrid, but he never heard anything back from the club.
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Van der Vaart: I spoke to Van Persie about signing for Arsenal
Rafael van der Vaart recently took part in a Q&A session with FourFourTwo and opened up about links with Arsenal when he was still at Real Madrid.