Arsenal's Arsene Cagey About Arshavin

Andrei Arshavin - Arsene and Arshavin A Game of Two Arves?

Who thought up that terrible heading!?

Is Arshavin going to the Arsenal? Here are two quotes about the Arsenal Arsene Arshavin situation.

First from Maxim Mitrofanov, the General Director of Zenit St Petersburg speaking on Radio Echo Moskvy : "The price for Arshavin is 24 million euros and we are hopeful that Arsenal will make an offer very soon" source Goal

Then from Arsene Wenger : "Yes [I am more likely to buy], but we also have internal solutions so we are not desperate because of that. Now we have a big game in front of us and before January anyway I believe it is more important to focus on our games.

At the moment no one is going out and no one is coming in. That gives you a perfect answer! And I don't feel any need to speak about that [the Arshavin speculation] because at the moment that is not a realistic solution." source Arsenal

So Mitrofanov is "hopeful", Wenger says the solution is not "realistic at the moment". But how about if the price were lowered to something more realistic, would the solution become more realistic too?

Certainly Arshavin wants away, and Zenit have said he can go, but so far everybody has refused the price tags they keep putting on him.

Wenger didn't categorically rule out the possibility of buying Arshavin, he left himself some wiggle room. Arsenal need somebody, and probably a couple of somebodys, if they are to have hope of fighting for the title or the Champions League.

So, as we have been saying for the last 6 years (it certainly feels like six years anyway) - watch this space.