Arsenal skipper Robin van Persie was always destined for greatness, says his Dad.

His artist dad saw a psychic after the striker was born, and heard some incredible words that set the Arsenal ace on the path to stardom.

Father, Bob van Persie, said: "I always thought he would be a professional player.

"Just after he was born a clairvoyant told me that he was going to be a professional footballer and that he would play for Holland. I believed her because before he was born she had already told us it was going to be a boy.

"I already had two daughters and I said to her, 'OK, if you're right and it's a boy, I'll come round to your place because I want to hear the rest of this story'.

"Two weeks after Robin was born, she told me he was a special boy - what she called a Ferrari kind of guy - and that he would play for Holland. I believed in that."