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Van Persie returns home to Feyenoord
The Hague, Jan 20 (IANS) Dutch football star Robin van Persie returned to his former club Feyenoord after almost 14 years abroad, the Rotterdam-based club has announced.
The 34-year-old Van Persie reached an agreement with his current club Fenerbahce from Turkey to break his contract, which allowed him to move back to the Netherlands on a free transfer. He will sign a deal until mid-2019 on Monday, reports Xinhua news agency.
In his first professional season with Feyenoord (2001/2002) Van Persie won the UEFA Cup and two years later he moved to English Premier League (EPL) giants Arsenal to learn from another Dutch master, Dennis Bergkamp.
At Arsenal Van Persie grew out to be an international star, but after having only won the Community Shield (2004) and the FA Cup (2005) with the Gunners his desire to capture trophies made the Dutchman move to Manchester United in 2012.
He led United to the title the following season and became top scorer of the EPL for the second consecutive time.
His spell at Fenerbahce since 2015 became a huge disappointment. Due to lack of form and fitness he failed to perform in Istanbul. Therefore Fenerbahce was willing to let the forward go.
Van Persie played his last competitive match on August 31 last year, for the Netherlands against France.
The question is how fit the all-time top scorer of the Dutch national team (50 goals) really is, but the Feyenoord fans do not care that much about that. They are happy one of their club heroes returned home.
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The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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