08 March,2011 07:58 AM IST | | AFP
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insisted yesterday that he was not indulging in psychological warfare ahead of tonight's Champions League last 16 second leg clash with bogey team Barcelona.
"He (Van Persie) is here as a player with a possibility of taking part. We have 19 players and the squad has not yet been decided," said Wenger.
"This is not mind games, I am not good at them. I really want him to play but only if he is 100 percent fit. With Van Persie he has had a ligament problem which is different to a muscular injury and so the risk is a lot less of himself doing damage.
"It is more a case of how he feels."
Spanish playmaker Cesc Fabregas missed the game at the Nou Camp last season but is now expected to play after overcoming a hamstring strain.
