Man Utd's Robin van Persie: 'I nearly signed for Rangers before Arsenal move'

Robin van Persie has revealed he almost signed for Rangers before his move to Arsenal.

The Dutch striker, then aged only 20 and still playing for Feyenoord, was a target for Rangers boss Dick Advocaat and was keen to make the move to Ibrox.

He told BT Sport: “I was still playing for Feyenoord and I wanted to go [to Rangers]. I spoke to Dick Advocaat, who was the manager of Glasgow Rangers, and he was interested, I was interested.

“I was ready to go but they first needed to sell one player before they could buy me.

“I was actually ready to go there but I was still very young. I think I was about 19 or 20. But in the end I went to Arsenal.”

Van Persie says Advocaat never told him who the player he was unable to shift in order to sign him was.