I have it on good authority that Andrei Arshavin is now an Arsenal player. It will be announced around 10 am but there seems to be a little confusion over the fee now. I still believe it is 12 million plus performance related add ons.
He is our player, don’t worry!
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1245 – There are rumours circling that Andrei will be unveiled along with STEVEN APPIAH at 3pm taking place at London Colney.
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1443: Confusion reigns at the moment with Sport.RU claiming the deal is in doubt after talking to the FA.
“Yes, it’s true, the transfer is in doubt. There is a chance it will take us 2-3 days. The odds are 50/50. If the transfer is declared invalid, Arshavin will be returned to Zenit. We can’t rule this out. I don’t think that would be a severe ruling: both clubs had a lot of time to complete it during the window.â€
Not sure on its reliablity and MY gut feelings are that they are duff quotes.
Lets wait and see.
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good to hear that after the saga that surrounded the entire drama of bringing arsha to Arsenal. lets then wait for the official announcement. Good luck gooner.
wow!!! Zenith thought they were very wise until they met a certain arsene wenger. Market Prudence, 10/10
this is gr8 news it’s about time we get a class well known player
its been delayed til later due to the travelling conditions i think
goonblogger, i really must commend your efforts thruout dis january on d most drawn-out & honestly, frustratingly protracted transfer saga. I’m frm Nigeria & startd reading ur posts dis january thru my fone from on my sick bed afta a minor surgical op when i was lookin out for arsenal transfer news on google & i really look forward to more afta-arshavin posts. thnx dude. good work.
Hi, just wanted to say, there’s been a lot of fans bashing wengers stubborn transfer policy, saying ‘just pay zenit what they want. I hope these people bow appreciate the genius of wenger, we’ve got a top class player, who finished sixth in the ballon d’or last season for £12m, which is less than spurs paid for Wilson palacios.
i really cldnt bring myself to pass comments yestrday coz i was sick to d stomach, but i read all & what a load! some funny ones too & i think he’s ours now. i always look forward to 1am everyday now to read ur new posts.
on good authority? lol, sure, you aren’t just assuming what almost certainly true of course…..
I’m a bit confused, when players get rested when they’re playin @ their best coz there’s still a possibility they get injured in d next games they’re being “kept” for. shldnt wenger stop his “protection” policy coz teams dnt leave out their best on d bench when they shld b helping d team. resting wasnt & isnt the case with henry, bergkamp, messi,kaka. why RVP? let him jst enjoy his game.
dat arshavin’s ours do u mean? ryan i hope he is. any confirmation on arsenal.com?
ME again. Im goonblogger.
Ryan – i got a text frm the same source that gave me a bit of info yesterday, info that was true.
Zenit have confirmed it and it has gone through. AA is our player now.
But Arsenal themselves have kept stum for the time being. WTF is going on?!?
I could not agree more with Brian
Wenger is a genius and he keeps proving all doubters wrong.
realy ?
arshavin has said that if the deal does go through which it will he will wear no. 23
Yeah 23# shirt, rumours are a press conference at Colney 3pm. they are unsubstantiated so we will see what happens.
How about what i read at Gunnerblog; http://gunnerblog.com/?p=1455, which says the FA thinks it is 50/50 whether the deal will be legal because of the delay…
Well the delay is their fucking fault for letting their workforce home early
Wenger was confident and im staying confident until there is something official…either way.
yeah but i mean… all those who think we got him, only to find we don’t fucking have him
Everything, and i mean everything was submitted by half past four. Richard Law gave that information directly to my source who is 100% reliable because he has broken many exclusive deals before..
I think it may be media bullshit.
The PL need to pull their fucking finger out and get this done because we have a massive game at the weekend and this cant be doing the preparation much good can it?
true…..but that blasted wombat Alexi Petrov’s at it again…..sayin theyve sold Shav to us…..hours after he told us the deal had “surely broken down”…..
stupid pie-hole
right, it´s just it makes sense; i thought the deal would be done by now, but it still isn’t… maybe the FA is unhappy, it did say we got permission till 7 to fill some gaps, what if they weren´t satisfactory? Sport.co.uk said the FA was hardly manned but that isn’t likely…
Where does your 3 o clock rumour come from?
Its been shouted around on a few forums, its nothing reliable by any stretch of the imagination.
I just cant imagine that the FA would speak to a russian paper ahead of us…
good point, but maybe they called the FA, and had the luck to get a reaction?
SS and many others have tried ive heard..
got nowt
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Couldn’t even find this bloke on the FA.com site… God how i am hoping this is bollocks, i just want some confirmation rather than 2-3 days of more uncertainty…
“Both clubs have managed to complete the deal. Arshavin will play for Arsenal from now on,” Alexei Petrov, a spokesman for Zenit told Russian television.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090203/ts_afp/fblengprrusarsenalarshavin
we’ve gotz him