Having gone seven years without a trophy with Arsenal, Van Persie made the controversial decision to leave for rivals United last summer, and instantly helped his new side to a 20th league crown.

Van Persie has been impressed by the hunger for success at Old Trafford and feels justified in his decision to switch clubs.

"I wouldn't have moved if I'd had doubts," he told United Review. "Instead, from day one I was almost certain we would win trophies - not in a couple of years but this year.

"I saw the players in training. I saw the way they behaved, the way they lived, their mentality, the way the staff worked, the way the manager and the staff acted. When all those elements combine, you end up with a team o