Arsenal Close to Signing Arshavin?

Andrei Arshavin - Arsenal Close to Signing Arshavin?

Will they won't they? Arshavin seems willing to sign for Arsenal. Arsenal seem willing to sign Arshavin as long as the price is right. The only people still holding out are the Zenit St Petersburg board who appear to be split.

The problem for Zenit is that a) Arshavin wants to go and has said so and is hardly playing at his best for Zenit, b) he could buy himself out of his contract at the end of the season for £5 million and c) as far as anyone knows Arsenal are the only club who have actually made an offer for Arshavin. Mancheser City apparently said yesterday they were not interested in Arshavin. So if Zenit don't make a decision they will be stuck with a player who wants to go and will get no money for him.

Arsenal are said to have made a final offer of £15 million and Zenit appear to have reduced their asking price from £20 million to £16 million so if all this is true and with a difference of only £1 million then the transfer now looks a distinct possibility. But let's face it we're just guessing really.