Will the real Andrey Arshavin please stand up…

By Eldo71 Published: 30th April 2010

by CARL ELDRIDGE “I am Gooner,” said the youthful looking Russian after signing for the Arsenal in a late, late deal the transfer deadline before last. Of course, that man was Andrey Arshavin, and he went on to be, for a while anyway, a favourite with Gooners thanks to his amazing ability, great goals and cheeky smile. And let’s not forget that he made losing that big African chap to Manchester City all the much easier to swallow, too. “He’s 5’4″…etc, etc, etc.”

Fast forward a year or so and it would appear that the star we captured from Zenit Saint Petersburg is far from his self-proclaimed “I am Gooner” status. It seems that dinky little Andrey has used his time on the treatment table to try his best to alienate Arsenal fans by bleating on about how good it would be to turn out for Barcelona. Or did he?Now the remarks attributed to him have irked the man who brought him to the Premier League in one of the most protracted deals ever seen.

As the Mirror points out this morning, earlier this week the Russian claimed playing for the Spanish outfit at some stage would be “would be the peak of my career”. Now AW has had his say: “Yes, I am very disappointed because he shows a completely different attitude,” he said. “He wants to extend his contract with us and stay with us, so the noise coming out of Russia is very difficult to explain. He looks to be very happy here, so you should ask him where it comes from.”

And AW adds in the Sun: “When you are at Arsenal, you are at Arsenal. When you are somewhere else, you are somewhere else. I believe that your pride makes you defend your club. But I take with a little bit of distance what comes back translated sometimes with the help of some agents who want to move the players.”

So someone in Russia is trying to make a few rubles from engineering a move for Arshavin, and his remarks have been lost in translation, or certainly twisted. Fair enough. Shit happens. That’s why Arshavin must come out with a statement declaring his desire to stay with us and committing to a new deal. If not, he can do one. No one player is bigger than the club and if his recent body language in the games that he has played is anything to go by we wouldn’t be missing that much if he did leave. Granted, he is a talent. An exceptional talent. But talent without desire is no good to anyone.

Elsewhere in today’s rags, AW has admitted he needs to strengthen the squad and it seems Marouane Chamakh’s arrival is set to be officially confirmed once the Morocco striker’s contract with Bordeaux expires in the summer. Of his intentions, AW says: “I will try to do what I want to do as quickly as possible, but it does not only depend on me. Certainly, we will announce one player before the World Cup, but after that we will see. I believe in the squad I have and if I can make an addition to the squad – two or three maximum – then we will do it.”

Looking ahead (if we must) to the Blackburn game and it would appear that we will be without Arshavin, who remains a doubt because of a calf problem.

The Mail says Denilson is also out with a groin injury and Manuel Almunia’s wrist means he is still unavailable. On a positive note, Kieran Gibbs and Johan Djourou are back in training after long injury lay-offs, but are not expected to feature at Ewood Park.

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Eldo71

Arsenal fan for 40 years. Schoolboys, North Bank, Clock End then East Upper. Then Emirates. AFC dream team: Wilson, Dixon, Sansom, Adams, Pates, Brady, Williams, Pires, Bergkamp, Henry, Wright. Subs: Seaman, Eldridge, Wilshere, RVP, Ball. Manager: Arsene Chapman.

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brdgunner

F*** him.

In a big big game there are 4 or 5 players I would be more disappointed to lose to injury rather than him.

RVP, Cesc, Song, and Verminator are bigger players to the team than him. Plus Gallas on this seasons form.

It maybe old comments or manipulated comments, however, as you say his body language and general dealings with the press have been poor
dan

Will the real Andrey Arshavin please stand up…please stand up,please stand up,”eminem”
Jimmy

It’s always the same, some agent trying to disturb things. Anelka had his own family for agents, even then they whispered in the young man’s ear deceitful things.

Your right Eldo though, if it’s a load of shit then why doesn’t Arshavin come out on the club’s website and speak to the people claerly and directly. This too, is never the case …
martie

You know what pisses me of, this same shit happened the season b4 Adebayor moved to man city. That season it was claimed he loved barcelona and ac milan and was flattered by theri interest, and when the seaon started he played shit. When the season ended he went to man city.

I find Arshavins remarks even worse than Adebayor, atleaat adebaoyr was not as bloody lazy as this fat russian, atleats he banged in the goals and help up play. Arshavin just looks like he cant be arsed, and his passing and shotting is just piss poor, along with his negative remarks the whole season and now all this crap. I sya just let him fuck of if he wants. Yeah he scores the occasional odd long range goal here and there, other than that his lazy and his attitude is very bad for the morale of the club
Berg10

Spot on Eldo re: Arshavin.

It’s always difficult to decide if such comments are profile raising banter through agents or poor and mischievous translation via the media, either way he needs to set the record straight as his latter form was very poor.
Dagsy

Lo and behold, he has set the record straight ^.^
Dan Dan

plum!
Berg10

Yeah, he says whenever he talks to the English press “no problem” (really?)
but when he talks to the Russian press it gets twisted, well obviously don’t speak to them then numbnut!
John in Norfolk

There is only one reason why Arshavin or his agent keep talking about his love of Barca and his disappointment at the lack of trophies, he wants a new higher paid contract! If Fabregas is getting a reputed £110,000 per week then Arshavin wants the same.

The difference is that Fabregas is worth a lot more than Arshavin and the vast majority of Arsenal supporters want Fabregas to stay at the club whilst a large number would like to see the back of Arshavin.

If this Russian “star” wants to endear himself to the Arsenal supporters I suggest he keeps his own mouth tightly shut, tells his agent to shut his and spends the summer working off the surplus wight and gets himself fit both physically and mentally.
Theogene

The other time I was telling people that AW will barely buy players, he has started to stubbornly say that he trusts his team and that one signing will be announced before the world cup; it Marouane Shamack, believe me AW won’t buy any one else. I will remind you this in November when almost all players are crocked, albeit not gooners wish.
Berg10

Spot on JIN
Berg10

Theogene

Does your crystal ball show our league position in May 2011 also? Or perhaps you know the answer already?
harper

There’s an official statement from Arshavin today on arse.com
harper

To the contrary, Ade WAS VERY LAZY in his last season with us. Also, Ade was a hypocrite because he kept declaring his loyalty to Arsenal while whoring himself to other clubs. Arshavin’s always been honest about his feelings as to why he came to England, he never kisses badges for any club–not even Russia.
harper

Read his statement on arse.com today.
harper

There’s an official statement from Arshavin on arse.com.

The British media selectively translated at least part of his comments. He was asked which managers he thinks would be good for the national team. He said Hiddink, Capello, Mourinho. He then said AW would be a good candidate but he didn’t believe AW would ever leave Arsenal. He said AW makes all the decisions at the club. The British media then proceeded to selectively quote him as saying that AW is not as good a manager as the other 3 he mentioned–leaving out the fact that he was talking about potential candidates for the national team.

Also, I guess I’m the only one not bothered by AA’s comments. Unlike Ade, he’s never professed any loyalty or special love for Arsenal. He’s NEVER expressed any special loyalty to Zenit or even the Russian national team–he’s not a badge kisser. He came to Arsenal to test himself in a big league–he would’ve gone to Spurs willingly if that was the best he could do but then came to us the minute AW expressed interest because we have a higher profile. He’s honest and open about why he came here. Perhaps he shouldn’t talk about Barca so much, I agree. But I’d rather have a player who’s open about his level of loyalty to us rather than some hypocrite, lying, lazy sneak treating us like fools.
brdgunner

Are these quotes genuine?

Becuase if one can be wrong then any can.
JJ

spot on. ive read first his interview in russian and it was plain, simple and professional. then that stupid buzz in english media… dunno who needs it… divided we fall, remember? seems media feeds your frankenstein… you guys better say f**k the media than f**k arshavin for him saving last season. it looks to me some ppl want nothing more than to fall boisterous and feisty. remove cesc and arshavin from the squad and you get what we have by now – sad sad shit… just look at the april results… we’ll do it for aaron ramsey, my arse! aint that bigger evil? bendtner proclaiming himself a world top scorer. we’ve matured. mental strength and great spirit, denilson to show on the pitch. oh my god!!!
JJ

he is a star thats why you are so anxious. when bendtner was said to move to bayern, chelsea or elsewhere there was no such a bloody flux from fans community, wasn’t it?

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