Is he serious?

kikoefc · July 25, 2008

Andrei Arshavin's agent has said that he would welcome a move to Tottenham. First it was Everton, then he said he would like a move to Newcastle, after the Euro's it was I want to play for Barca, then Real Madrid, now none of the big guns want him he will settle for Tottenham. I think that the whole Barca link was a plot to distract him for the Russia v Spain match. Seems his head has got too big for his shoulders!!

Maverick · July 25, 2008

or maybe he just wants out of Russia that badly so any team he thinks is on the radar he gives media love to

TsarDiniyar · July 25, 2008

this guy is not out of our reach after it seems the speculation has died down. i think a move could still be possible

Andriy.EFC · July 25, 2008

it's not that Barcelona and Arsenal don't want him. Barcelona want him and Arsenal want him. It's just that no one is stupid enough to pay the 20m that Zenit are asking. They're trying to milk spurs because spurs have a habit of throwing their money around.

Scottoffee · July 25, 2008

We should have a go at signing him... May cost a lot now, but what better way to attract the next Russion billionaire that wants to play Football Manager : The Real Thing than to have the captain, star and poster-boy of Russian football at your club already?!...

Ah, but then Kenwright would have to be wanting to sell... Never mind...

toffeestillidie · July 25, 2008

Andriy.EFC said:
it's not that Barcelona and Arsenal don't want him. Barcelona want him and Arsenal want him. It's just that no one is stupid enough to pay the 20m that Zenit are asking. They're trying to milk spurs because spurs have a habit of throwing their money around.

spot on.

still surprised chelsea haven't signed him up, i'd expect abramovic to get hard just hearing Arshavin's name.

Scottoffee · July 25, 2008

toffeestillidie said:
spot on.

still surprised chelsea haven't signed him up, i'd expect abramovic to get hard just hearing Arshavin's name.

Conflict of interest.

Abramovich is a CSKA fan and had invested heavily through his old oil company Sibneft. He sold Sibneft to Gazprom who sponsor Zenith who then pulled the funding for CSKA.

Basically, he's not going to give them any more money by paying through the nose for Arshavin.

toffeestillidie · July 25, 2008

Scottoffee said:
Conflict of interest.

Abramovich is a CSKA fan and had invested heavily through his old oil company Sibneft. He sold Sibneft to Gazprom who sponsor Zenith who then pulled the funding for CSKA.

Basically, he's not going to give them any more money by paying through the nose for Arshavin.

If Gazprom pulled the funding for Abramovic's favourite team, why aren't they dead yet? i was under the impression thats how things worked over there.

Scottoffee · July 25, 2008

He's worth about $23 billion. Gazprom - about $350 billion...

More likely that he sent them a thank-you card and is now paying Barcelona etc NOT to buy Arshavin...

ajax_andy · July 25, 2008

toffeestillidie said:
If Gazprom pulled the funding for Abramovic's favourite team, why aren't they dead yet? i was under the impression thats how things worked over there.

LOL!!!