RVP "owed" us nothing, both because several of his injury problems were Arsenal medical staff/Wenger's fault anyway, and because he wasn't injured even 1/4 the amount a Rosicky/Diaby is, and was actually fantastic when he did play.
Also certain Arsenal fans seem to forget he already had plenty of opportunities to leave in the previous 3-4 seasons and chose at those times to stay because he felt like he owed Arsenal, he finally left because of all the completely empty promises from Wenger. There are numerous players now who have wanted to leave and Wenger has had meetings with, promising signings and a real challenge, promising change and improvement, only for it not to happen and those players to leave once the promises turned out to be bullcrap.
its Wenger who let RVP, Fabregas, Henry, and plenty of others down, not the other way around, if you want to blame anyone at all for RVP leaving, its Wenger.
RVP is more than good enough to be in a title winning team in any league in the world, and Arsenal aren't even close to competing for a league. 11/12/19 points off the title in the past 3 seasons, and at this point in time we are 21 points off the top..... Utd have roughly 33% more points than us, we're no where near, and there is one man to blame.
RVP is a man, being paid to do a job, he got injured as part of his job at Arsenal, that is part of football. Even in his seasons where he played the least, he offered significantly more when he played than other players did through the entire season while fit. The only players who "owe" us are Walcott, Diaby, Rosicky, the guys who sign new contracts for the money, put in more effort before a new contract is to be signed, who barely show up the rest of the time and manage to get injured for huge long periods before magically being fit around contract renewal time. The thing they owe us.... is to god gamned well leave, but they won't.
...im not blaming RVP for leaving...as much as i hated him leaving us for Utd of all teams...he made the right choice in doing so. 