I'm still a bit surprised Arsenal sold RvP to United at all. They were wanting 25m from what reports had said, so 22.5m now and 1.5m almost guaranteed isn't so bad. If the roles were reversed I would've tried for 30m because of the rivalry. People will say he's getting older, only has a year left on his contract thus lowering the price but he's still an exceptional player who will link up very well with Rooney.
As for injuries, there is some past history but I'm not overly worried at this point. In the past two seasons he appeared in 83% of Arsenal's Premier League matches, more than Gerrard, Rooney, Lampard, Cole, Nasri appeared for their respective clubs. That's just a small list of players I chose off the top of my head.
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