Arsenal FC Player Robin Van Persie has surprised the Arsenal Fans that the Striker will be able to play in the Champions League to face Barcelona after having seen practicing on Monday. The Barcelona vs Arsenal Champions League Games will be the last 16 teams to qualify.
Robin Van Persie was not on the official line up to face Barcelona at CampNou when he experienced an injured knee after scoring against Birmingham last February.
Arsenal news website has shown pictures on Robin Van Persie joining the practice without a hint of injury, a probable anticipation that he will be included in Arsene Wenger's first eleven to face Barcelona together with their newly returning team Captain Cesc Fabregas.
Van Persie returned to Netherland for the knee surgery that kept him from playing against Sunderland on the Premier League.
Arsene Wenger was not expecting to field in Van Persie until the end of March. In an interview with Arsene Wenger after the Carling Cup final last February 27, he said, "I am not a specialist. But he overstretched his knee at the back when he made the volley [to score against Birmingham].
He got kicked or blocked by the defender and overstretched when he hit the ball. In fact he lost Van Persie after 30 minutes, he tried to keep going in the second half but he was injured.
"It is a ligament at the back of the knee, a tear in the ligament. It is three to four weeks, I take the short delay because I am an optimist but it could be four. As well it is the international break during that period so whether it is three or four [weeks], for us it is the same."
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