ARSENE WENGER fears he will be haunted by Robin van Persie.
By CHARLIE WYETT
The Arsenal boss takes his team to French champs Montpellier in the Champions League tonight without his star striker from last season.
Van Persie signed for Manchester United and Wenger said: “I’d have preferred him to go to a foreign club, so that he doesn’t haunt us.
“You have to accept it, it’s part of life. Obviously, it hurts to see him in another shirt.
“Every move he makes, every gesture, he tries to do it to perfection.
“You can call him at 10 o’clock at night, you won’t find him in a nightclub.
“He’s either watching a football match, a video or preparing himself for the next match.”
Wenger is without keeper Wojciech Szczesny as he has an ankle injury, while striker Olivier Giroud — who signed from Montpellier for £12.5million — may start on the bench.
Szczesny made a terrible mistake against Southampton on Saturday and Wenger said: “He did his ankle before the game.
“I am not sure how much it affected him.
“I have not decided whether to start Giroud but he is in the squad. What is important is Arsenal do well.”
