I remember Evans wanted Sheringham when he was at Spurs but the board wouldn't sanction it. He didn't do too badly at the Mancs when he did move later.
I always wanted Teddy at Anfield. I was gutted when he went to Utd.
Superb technical player, superb footballing brain.
As for Van Persie. I was always a massive fan when he was a young emerging talent. And I thought he was going to be another Bergkamp. But no, he never progressed the way I thought he would.
For me, as it turned out, he just never had the consistency needed. imho
It's hard to imagine how he would look in a non-Wenger team. But I would have serious reservations about acquiring him.