Arshavin Says Arsenal Need Players

Andrei Arshavin - Disturbed at Arsenal's Form

To my mind Andrei Arshavin has been quiet in the last few Arsenal matches and it appears he is not too happy about the situation at Arsenal, or maybe he just noticed we haven't been updating this blog. After their 3-0 defeat gainst Chelsea, Arsenal are now a long way behind the league leaders and it will take a minor miracle for them to win the league, they might even struggle to make the top four if their form doesn't improve, all the more so as Van Persie is out for 5 months.

Arshavin, never one for hiding his light under a bushel appears to be telling Wenger how to do his job, saying bringing in new players is the best option for Arsenal to close the gap.

"Arsene Wenger needs to buy new players - and expensive ones too," he said to the Mirror. "Why? because all the talented and inexpensive players are already with us at Arsenal.

“I feel bitter about that we lose all the big matches. That is disturbing and also lets certain doubts creep into my mind.

"Chelsea are now 11 points ahead of us and they look the strongest team. They have attacking players who can make use of opponents’ slightest defensive mistakes. Didier Drogba is the strongest in the world."

Wenger has said that he will be looking for a striker in January.

Bordeaux’s Marouane Chamakh, Toulouse's Andre-Pierre Gignac, Inter Milan's Mario Balotelli, Loic Remy and Klass-Jan Huntelaar have all been linked with a moved to Arsenal.

"Robin’s injury has to affect my thoughts for January," he said. “It has to because I didn’t feel we were in the need to buy, but we will be out on the market that is for sure. But I will only make a decision if it suits us.”

There is also vague talk that Arshavin may be off to Barcelona or Inter Milan if Arsenal don't win anything. He is not too happy that Russia was dumped out of the World Cup. “It is still difficult for me to say anything [about the World Cup] – I was in shock,” he told the Official Matchday Programme.

“But to be honest, Slovenia deserved the win. We have to stay positive, but that’s easy to say and difficult to do.

“I don’t know why it happened. It would have been easier if we hadn’t conceded late on in Russia, but it’s too late to talk about it really.

“Everyone in Russia believed we would qualify but there we are, it didn’t happen.”

Winning the European Champions League is still on of course and it may be Arsenal's best chance of silverware yet again.