Arshavin deal to be wrapped up in next TWO DAYS
As Gooner Talk told you yesterday, Zenit St Petersberg are hopeful of completing the deal of Andrei Arshavin to Arsenal in the next 48 hours.
27-year-old versatile playmaker Arshavin attracted Arsene Wenger’s interest on the strength of two spectacular Euro 2008 performances against Sweden and the Netherlands as well as some astute games in the Champions League, and it’s Wenger’s Arsenal who are in the front seat to sign him.
The ever-reliable Sky Sports News said that Zenit lowered their asking price on Friday and that they have subsequently been in discussions with Arsenal officials today. The Russian giants are hopefuly that the deal will be completed in the following two days.
Another source, NewsTalk radio say that Arshavin has been pulled from the Zenit team before their pre-season friendly. This was reportedly because he was on his way to England. Gooner Talk can confirm this is true, but it remains to be seen whether he was not involved due to successful negotiations with the Emirates-based side.
Stay tuned to Gooner Talk for the latest updates on Arshavin’s ongoing move to Arsenal.
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great post ur great for me to keep up with arsenal cheers gooner talk
I wont believe it until he is on Arsenal.com
fingers crossed
Source?
so 48hrs for man city to go here we are 18 mill 🙁
sky sports news says it aswell is that your source? Hope it goes thru
source ssn
Link?
Does anyone know if Zenit accepted our bid?
Yeah, how about a link?
Hope you’re right Gooner Chris… I was about to start a petition amongst fellow Gooners to donate a pound each just to raise half a million in a desperate attempt to secure AA’s services.. Surely if Zenit want another million then we can give them a million in another currency like Thai Baht and then their directors can go out and have a great time in Bangkok because these guys really seriously need to get a life and have some fun!!
I wish people would stop trusting SSN as a source… they’re turning into Clubcall or The Star!!!
I assume this story has come from SSN?
The same channel that said they understood City had made a bid and that his preferred destination was Eastlands!
i honestly think this has been the most consistenct place for news on this transfer.hope this last and most important part is true!
Yeah but this news is just from Sky Sports News… it may as well be on goal.com!
I don’t see the point of this post. We’ve been getting this for the past week. What’s different about this post?
the post should say that zenit are hopeful of arsenal giving into them, which won’t happen
if it was on ssn it would be on the skysports site surely
gar26
That’s what I was thinking.
watching ssn now, not even a mention at the start of the hour
Oh my god!! 😀 Every single transfer is too boring at Arsenal? I must laught. This situation is very pathetic. But keep the faith guys, we have a little more than a week!
They are playing a waiting game hoping to force anything more out of Arsenal.No way! they should takeit or leave it. But to face the fact the guy will add something really special to our team.
Yes, it’s from SSN.
They are a reliable news source. The amount of times they’ve broken transfer stories before anyone else is unbelievable.
Very few times do they things wrong.
I am looking forward to read this news! :DD
thank u chris , great work 🙂
just a Q plz , did SSN say they are hopeful or hoping ? big difference !
thank u again
This is just getting boring now y cant we just either buy him or cut negotiations and stop letting it drag on the same happened with nasri. im tired of checking newsnow every 5 mins and i know im not the only 1
SSN said that Zenit lowered their asking price on friday & that they have been in discussions with Arsenal today, they are hopeful the deal will be completed in 48hrs. Also on Newstalk radio today they said that Arshavin had been pulled from the Zenit team at the last minute before their pre season friendly & was on his way to England. I know he didn’t play today or come off the bench but I can’t find anything to say whether he was one of the subs or not & no other news source has said anything about this happening,… Read more »
Good idea Redbearer! The donations should include the ZIM$ from Zimbabwe, where inflation rate has 23zeros!!!
http://www.fontanka.ru/2009/01/24/020/
check this link in google translate..it says that arshavin was NOT even on bench to play in that zenit friendly against uzbekistans national team
Where is the article Chris?
I’ve been hearing “48 hours” for practically a week. What makes you think this is any different from all the incorrect media reports of the past few weeks.
SSN has practically turned into tabloid trash so you can’t trust what they say.
I dont trust SSN, last year they broke exclusive news that Arsenal were going to sign Rodrigo Palacio from River Plate.
It later emerged that the transfer was made up by a blogger, says a lot about the quality of SSN’s sources.
Can someone please tell me why no one else has bid for Arshavin
GMR: Somebody posted somewhere i cant remember that he had i little injury. That maybe why he didnt play today.
chris youve got lachters number on that email
give him a ring find out whats going on!
I have this feeling that we are going to land the Russian and the guy will provide the cutting edge we have badly missed this season. Our goal difference clearly shows that we have lacked both in attack and defensively. A DM is equally a must this coming week.
48 hours starting when.. I’m sure I’ve heard this before.
48 hours to sign a few signatures to a deal been mooted for 6 months and discussed everyday for 3 weeks. Even if they were using hoofs to sign, those signatures would have already been done.
Zenit is yanking our chain.
Kaykk – Well that would certainly explain why he didn’t play then.
To be honest I have a feeling we’re going to hear “48 Hrs” & “Still in negotiations” right up until deadline day. The only way that won’t happen is if Arsenal come out & say they have called off all discussions, because despite what Zenit said today they clearly want to sell him.
Let’s face it any posts could be complete fabricated rubbish… this has become a fast buck news story for most journalists! Obviously it’s now becoming tiresome and we have to have faith that our negotiators are doing their upmost to finalise this deal.. I really hope they don’t give up on Andrei Arshavin because he deserves to play for the best club suited to his needs and that clearly has to be Arsenal… if Man City came in for him then he would soon become a bit part player because it appears to be Pantomime season all year around what… Read more »
It seems like the nasri saga all over again! i think we have a good chance of signing him now maybe 80/20 but every day the story gets muddled up. last night they rejected our offer and today its back on! arsenal have to vow never to let this happen again and dont deal with these russian clubs!!! if Once this transfer window is closed I will be having a big glass of wine followed by two bottles and erasing news now!! 🙂
is that saturday evening there time or our time?
in Russia it is now 12.27am in the morning.
fingers crossed.
I hope this thing will be over soon! I need some sleep! Where I live SSN is only on for an hour at 12pm 7pm and 2am. So I always stay up until around 3am to find out if anything has happened! PLEASE LET THIS BE OVER SOON! LOL. Hoping that they accept our offer.
I think we have to accept their revised amount now but who knows! i say we all ignore sky sports until feb 2!
every ones getting so excited about this signing of Arshain it seems alot of fans and Wenger himself are forgetting how much we need a DM that should be first priority. I hope Wenger nose completing this Ashain deal is not enough to challenge for silverware we definitely need more signings
Wenger apparantly doesnt care about transfers.. either hes really oblivious or hes hiding a few things up his long sleeve!!we are gonna buy upson!!
Word is that Ken Friar has remained with Zenit to tie up a deal while Gazidis is in Italy chasing up another target – a defensive midfielder perhaps?
Alright Mr. T. Fair play for staying up til that late, but you’ve clearly got the internet, why not check that at 12? lol. Sweet dreams.
Ben whats your source on that?
who is the defensive midfielder Gazidis is chasing
word is that wenger has finally got a deal with kaka and messi at a discount of 200 million but the price is still 13 mill, oh dear we wont go higher than 12 mill, guess we will have to stick with our world class players EBOUE. ah no seriously i really do hope arshavin signs, what a boost for the club, AFC 4 Life
Unless the date
Is Feb 2nd in two days time – i would be (suprised, bemused) & i suppose happily proved wrong / but i just can’t see it. Can you?
I was lying.