Its all over guys. Its official, we have one of the worlds best players:

“Arsenal Football Club is delighted to announce that Russian international midfielder, Andrey Arshavin has joined the Gunners from Zenit St. Petersburg on a long-term contract for an undisclosed fee.”

Arshavin has said,

“Thank You, I’m Happy To Be In Arsenal.. It’s My Dream”

And in a plea to Arsenal fans;

“My Message To Arsenal Fans? Trust In Me, Trust In Arsenal”

We will Andrey, it takes seeing him in that picture to believe. Arsenal have not made a signing of this magnitude since Dennis Bergkamp, a fraction of his success at the club would be appreciated by Arsenal fans at the moment.

A fantastic deal for Arsenal, by god we sailed close to the wind but finally we have our man, he will get a great reception for sure when he walks out onto the pitch.

More sure to come soon.

“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.”

Not sure on its reliability and MY gut feelings are that they are duff quotes.

Lets wait and see.

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1518 - SSN went live to the Emirates, there are 40 pages of the document to go through, explaining the long, long delay. Hopefully this is the only reason.

Fingers crossed.

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1618: THE QUOTES ARE FAKE. source. Thanks Gunnerblog my suspicions were confirmed.

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Arsenal are selling ‘Arshavin 23#’ shirts, as seen on SSN. Announcement rumoured for 7:30.

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Keep an eye out here and here

He is our player, don’t worry!

Back Later.

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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.”

Not sure on its reliablity and MY gut feelings are that they are duff quotes.

Lets wait and see.

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Any further news will follow here.