After a trying season with Manchester United under Louis van Gaal, striker Robin van Persie looks to be on the brink of a move to Turkey. Online betting site Skybet suspended betting on Van Persie making a move to Fenerbahce on Sunday, the striker having been backed heavily at ridiculously short odds of 1/10 that the move was going to be made to the Turkish club. This was in reaction to reports in The Guardian that the Dutchman had already agreed a four year contract.
Van Persie’s agent Kees Vos has been in Istanbul for two days, adding fuel to the fire that he is negotiating a deal. Van Persie is set to learn his fate at Manchester United next week when he sits down with the club, but is a move to Fenerbahce imminent. It was suggested by The Guardian that the two clubs only had left the issue of settling on a fee for the player.
Sky Bet’s Chris Spicer said: “We already held Fenerbahce as clear favourites to sign Van Persie but recent media reports seem to have sparked more intense interest, with the one-sided nature of the money forcing us to pull the market.
“Van Persie has been odds-on to leave Manchester United since the transfer window re-opened and it now looks like his destination has been settled.”
