Source: Team_Talk
Van Persie aims for quick recovery
The Holland forward - who has scored eight goals in 15 games in all competitions this season and emerged as one of the Gunners' key figures - has been ruled out for at least six weeks with partially-torn ankle ligaments following a heavy challenge from Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during Saturday's friendly in Pescara.[LNB]Arsenal confirmed van Persie, 26, will return to London later this week to continue his rehabilitation and are happy with the care of the Dutch Football Association.[LNB]Van Persie, though, is ready to go a step further to try to help the healing process.[LNB]Speaking to Dutch television programme Studio Voetbal, the Arsenal striker revealed: "I will fly to the Balkans to meet with a female doctor who helped [PSV Eindhoven midfielder] Danko Lazovic.[LNB]"She is vague about her methods but I know she massages you using fluid from a placenta.[LNB]"I am going to try. It cannot hurt and, if it helps, it helps.[LNB]"I have been in contact with Arsenal physiotherapists and they have let me do it."[LNB]Van Persie accepted his injury could have been much worse.[LNB]The Dutchman added: "A scan showed that my ankle ligament was almost completely torn off where Chiellini caught me but it was not intentional.[LNB]"I was lucky, it could be worse."[LNB]Despite the prognosis now not being as bad as first thought, the loss of the Holland forward could not have come at a worse time for Gunners boss Arsene Wenger, who is already without Nicklas Bendtner until early December because of a groin problem.[LNB]While there is an outside chance England forward Theo Walcott could be in contention for the visit of Premier League leaders Chelsea on November 29 after a knee injury, Eduardo is the most likely to be deployed as the central striker of what had been a free-scoring, fluid 4-3-3 system at Sunderland this weekend.[LNB][LNB] Arsenal Score 100 Premiership Goals. Click here to bet.
