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Robin van Persie joining Manchester United is great for Sir Alex Ferguson and great for the title race.

If he had signed for Manchester City it would have felt like game over before the season had even started. Instead, Sir Alex has made a statement that he wants his title back and he now has the strike force to make that possible.

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When United won the treble in 1999, they had four excellent strikers in Dwight Yorke, Andy Cole, Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Sir Alex thinks they are getting close to that quality again with Van Persie, Wayne Rooney, Javier Hernandez and Danny Welbeck but I’d argue they offer more variety. Only time will tell if they are better.

Most importantly, signing Van Persie is a statement that United are still a force to be reckoned with.

We were all expecting City to improve their squad this summer but they’ve only added Jack Rodwell and United now have one of the best strikers in Europe and Shinji Kagawa. They have Nemanja Vidic and Tom Cleverley returning to the fold after injuries, too.

And what would it have said about United if they had lost out to City on Van Persie? For that reason he is worth the £24million.

After 37 goals in all competitions last season, his price tag seems cheap — he’d be worth £50m if he’d had more years left on his contract. He was up there with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as the best forwards in the world last season.

You imagine that Van Persie and Rooney will be the first-choice front pair, although you’d expect Rooney to drop deeper for big matches and a lot of European games, when Sir Alex prefers to play one striker.

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Rooney can then help out in midfield, sit on the opposition’s defensive midfielder and provide goals for the Dutchman. A lot of Van Persie’s goals last season came from central balls from Alex Song and Rooney might end up being the creator as much as the goalscorer. We may have to judge Rooney on more than just goals this season. When Ronaldo scored 42 goals in 2007-08, Rooney was a bit subdued, scoring only 18. He is more mature now so won’t be overshadowed.

Welbeck and Hernandez might be a bit put out by Van Persie’s arrival but that’s football. They’ve been set a challenge to get in the team and they will do so because football is such a squad game these days.

But Hernandez might have to become the new Solskjaer, making an impact off the bench. A year ago some people, incuding me, were talking about him as the signing of the decade but last season was so up and down for him. He’s the best finisher of the four but his link play lets him down.

As for Arsenal, they will be kicking themselves at getting into a mess yet again where their best player leaves. They are left with a situation where the players are too much in control.

At least they might be selling Alex Song when he has two years left on his contract — so they will get more for him.

Maybe they have finally learned their lesson.

Moving on: The Holland international has ended his stay with Arsenal after agreeing a move to Manchester United

Dream duo? Van Persie and Rooney are expected to form a deadly partnership for Man United

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