Van Persie has shown stunning form for Arsenal while playing as a striker.
“Van Persie is one of the stars of the Premier League, scores loads of goals, and Arsenal completely depend on him. However, I don’t think he’s a real striker,” Van Hanegem said in his column in Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad.
“He has been turned into a striker at Arsenal and he often stays high up the pitch for them. However, he always drops deeper in Oranje because it takes longer before he gets the ball in the national team than at Arsenal.
“That makes him less efficient and that’s why he shouldn’t play up front for Oranje. I’d like to see Huntelaar as striker, with van Persie behind him and Robben from the right. We can pretty much leave the left wing unoccupied.”
