Who needs Batman, when we've got Robin.

Robin Van Persie's form doesn't come as a surprise to many people considering how clinical he's been in recent seasons for Arsenal, the only problem for the flying Dutchman was his injury troubles which plagued most of his Arsenal career. Since Van Persie joined Arsenal in 2004, he has made 265 Arsenal appearances scoring 124 goals and placing him 9th in their all-time leading goalscorers list.

In 2009-2010, Arsenal were in with a good shout of winning a league title for the first time since their unbeaten season of 2003-2004 and with Van Persie hitting the ground running in that season, both Arsenal and Van Persie's form correlated, if he played and played well, so did Arsenal. In November of 2009, Van Persie got an ankle injury on international duty with Holland (probably one of the many reasons why Wenger hates international friendlies so much) which kept him out for 5 months, this was devastating for Arsenal and it's fans as Van Persie had been struck by the injury curse which had so often kept him out of Arsenal's first-team. The first major injury which showed Van Persie an ugly glimpse into his future was when he scored a late equaliser against Man United at the Emirates Stadium in 2007, in scoring the equaliser Van Persie picked up a break in his foot which would keep him out for the rest of the season, this was an insight of what was the come for the classy Dutch master.

As the years have gone on however, Van Persie has seemed to shake off his injury curse which left him as an undoubted class enigma in for Arsenal fans. He is already one game away from making his most appearances in the league in a single season for Arsenal, his previous best being 28 in 2008-2009. He is also just 8 games short of his most appearances in all competitions in a single season (44, also in 08-09), however he has already blitzed his record for the amount of goals in a season (with 31 in 36 in all competitions). Last season he was only out for a month and came back to join Samir Nasri and Cesc Fabregas in getting Arsenal into the Champions League, but as the two departed for pastures new (Man City and Barcelona respectively), it was left for Van Persie to become Arsenal's new captain (succeeding Cesc Fabregas) and shoulder the mantle left by the departing duo. This year. In 2011, Van Persie was Arsenal's main man when he scored 35 goals in a calendar year (one short of Alan Shearer's record) and in 2012 he started in similar fashion with 10 goals in 12 games.

His style of play has been compared to many, with the likes of Marco Van Basten and Dennis Bergkamp being obvious comparisons due to the astounding technical ability and Dutch flair all three have in common. Van Persie has always been an important cog in Arsenal's machinery since he properly broke into the first team in late 2005. Not only can he score with both feet and his head, but his left foot is probably the most feared in the Premiership. His danger from set-pieces has always been apparent too with many of his goals coming from thunderous free-kicks and penalties which even if you had two goalkeepers in the goal, they still both ain't saving it, his delivery from free-kicks and corners have been a dangerous weapon with him being credited with many assists, despite Arsenal's much highlighted frailty at attacking set-pieces (not to mention defending).

But what does the future hold for Arsenal's captain fantastic? With supposed contract talks to be held in the summer I think it is of insurmountable importance for Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal board to do whatever it takes to hold on to Robin Van Persie and build an Arsenal team around him as the spearhead of the attack. Arsenal's current team is a good basis of things to come but it will need to be improved greatly not just to win trophies and bring Arsenal back up to the stature it should be, but in order to keep hold of players like Van Persie, who if Arsenal don't show any ambition will no doubt look for a club he can star in with greater class and ambition. So now it is down to you Arsene, will you do whatever it takes to keep hold of this gem? Will you be able to convince him that Arsenal are a club heading in the right direction? We'll see , but with contract talks being held in the summer it is a positive sign for Arsenal fans that Van Persie is willing to even discuss new contract terms considering how disastrous Arsenal's season has been in regards of success.

Where do you think Van Persie's future lies?