Wenger admits to Van Persie ‘mistake’

ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger accepts it was a “mistake” to rush striker Robin van Persie back into action too soon.

The 24-year-old striker is set to return for rehabilitation in his native Holland as he recovers from a thigh problem – the latest fitness setback of what has been an injury-plagued season.

Van Persie had started the campaign in fine form, before being sidelined by a knee problem suffered on international duty during October and then a muscular injury on his return in December put him out again until January.