Robin van Persie's Official PFA Facebook page see's huge growth spike after of Manchester United's Premier League clash with Arsenal says Digital Sports Group
(PRWEB UK) 16 November 2013 -- Digital Sports Group today announce that the PFA Facebook page for Netherlands and Manchester United striker Robin van Persie has seen huge growth in term of 'likes' and fan interaction after scoring the winner in Manchester United's Premier League clash with Arsenal. The Facebook page along with the Robin van Persie player profile on football.co.uk provide the only online location of the official PFA biography, lifetime stats, news and high resolution gallery.
Robin van Persie is a Dutch footballer who plays as a striker for Manchester United and the Dutch national team. He is a youth product of Feyenoord. Having joined Arsenal in 2004, Van Persie became the club captain on 16 August 2011, one year before he joined rivals Manchester United. His playing style and ability have drawn comparison to Dutch legend Marco van Basten. On 7 June 2013, Van Persie was appointed captain of the Dutch national team
Van Persie kick-started his new campaign by scoring both of Manchester United's goals in their 2–0 win against Wigan Athletic in the Community Shield, securing David Moyes' first honour as club manager.
On 17 August 2013, Van Persie scored his first Premier League goal of the season with an acrobatic volley in United's 4–1 win at Swansea City and has since gone on to score 10 goals in 14 games including the winner against his former team Arsenal at Old Trafford.
Head of Operations at DSG, Matthew Tait had this to say: “Robin van Persie really has no shortage of fans after his performances for Manchester United this season and we can see that by the success of his PFA Facebook page.”
“All of us here at Digital Sports Group are proud we've had the opportunity to work with The PFA to give the fans a fantastic and unique fan resource for Robin van Persie.”
DSG became the official digital partner of the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) earlier this year and have since launched a number of Player Profile fan pages on social media site Facebook as well as providing official player pages on their football news site football.co.uk.
Simon Boynton, Digital Sports Group, http://www.digitalsportsgroup.co.uk/, +44 1376 336778 Ext: 1404, [email protected]
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