ZENITH TALK ARSHAVIN

Arsenal are in talks with Zenit St Petersburg over a move for Andriy Arshavin but the Gunners will only sell for £8million.

Arsenal paid Zenit £15million for the midfielder and although they expect to lose a significant amount by letting him go, they are still keen to recoup as much as possible.

Zenit are offering £5million but Arsenal are said to want closer to £8million if a deal is to happen, much will depend on Arshavin's form at Euro2012 as the price is sure to go up if he continues to shine.

I dont understand why we want to get rid of Arshavin, that dude has been played out of position throughout his Arsenal career.

Instances where he has shown he can be the perfect trickster we lack in our midfield were the games against Bolton where he supplied Park Chu Young the assist from midfield not from the flanks,

Another game he drifted to the second striker role to score was that UCL game against Barcelona where his goal made sure Victor Valdez was flat on his bum.


My thoughts? Arshavin should be played in the play maker or second striker role, though we have three bahdt strikers (RVP, Podolski and inbound Giroud), lets not forget that injuries and fatigue will set in, plus we need Arshavin's experience.