Respect: Robin van Persie has hit out at teams who
harass referees during the game
Van Persie has blasted Chelsea and Spain
players for what he perceives as their constant complaining to
referees.
The Holland international said in March:
‘Barcelona’s players have the habit of whinging about everything.
In England, Chelsea’s players behave in the same way.’
And he told Dutch TV: ‘They [Spain players]
always go up to referees in an attempt to get an opponent booked.
They are trying to screw colleagues.
‘That kind of behaviour really annoys me. If you
want to witness a lot of complaints, you should just go the bakery
or something. There’s always people nagging there as
well.
‘Chelsea players are always bitching against the
referees. Just shut the f*** up and focus on playing
football.’
Van Persie’s team-mate Alex Song is considering
his international future after being booted out of Cameroon’s squad
to face Senegal over a bust-up with skipper Samuel
Eto’o.
The midfielder had only just returned to the
international fold after a series of snubs in the aftermath of
Cameroon’s disappointing World Cup 2010 campaign.
He has a fractious relationship with Eto’o and
their feud came to a head this week when Song refused to shake the
Inter Milan striker’s hand. The pair then had a row when Song sat
in a chair Eto’o claimed was reserved for him during a meal, which
led to Cameroon manager Javier Clemente expelling the Arsenal
player to avoid further disruption.
The Cameroon Football Federation later claimed
the Arsenal man had left the camp due to injury.