Arsenal ace van Persie: I never thought I would be a striker

Arsenal captain Robin van Persie has admitted to never thinking he would end up as a striker. The Dutchman leads the Premier League scoring charts with 27 goals this season but says that healways saw himself playing as more of a Dennis Bergkamp type behind the main frontman than an out-and-out centre forward. "I never really thought that I would end up as a main striker," he told the club’s official website . "I actually never played there before - I did it a couple of times at youth level but it was nothing really "That was the idea from day one. "The boss didn't buy someone else because he was convinced I could do it."