Arsenal striker Robin van Persie has revealed that his then 70-year-old grandfather Wim taught him how to bicycle kick almost 21 years ago when he was still a child. Many people were left pondering when he flaunted a T-shirt, with the words ‘Happy 91st Opa Wim’, after scoring against Manchester United at the Etihad stadium last week. “I think I was seven or eight years old when my granddad took me to the park in the village where he lived. It was the middle of the winter and he wanted to go and play football with me,” The Mirror quoted Van Persie, as saying.

“He showed me how I could volley the ball when it was coming high up in the air. He showed me how to fall on my back with the bicycle kick. And you know what, he just did it so I could copy him. It was 21 years ago and he was 70 years old.” Persie also revealed that his grandfather was a professional footballer and he always motivated him. He played for Dutch club NEC Nijmegen.