Van Persie is who Mancini wants to replace him apparently...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...anchester-city
Don't know what City's obsession with buying Arsenal players is, it typically hasn't work out well for them. I am pretty sure they just want to weaken the opposition and Arsenal are the closet team to them that will actually sell as we don't have Chelsea's resources and it's not as politically difficult as it would be for United.