Arsenal have been granted a work permit for Zenit St Petersburg playmaker Andrei Arshavin ahead of his proposed move to Emirates Stadium.
The Gunners have been in talks with the Russia international and his club Zenit over the last few weeks.
A fee is yet to be agreed, but Arsenal have applied for a permit as they appear to be closing on an agreement.
The Gunners have until Monday to finalise the move and the announcement that they now have a permit in place is likely to see the north London club push to try and finalise his capture.
Arsene Wenger said on Friday he wanted the deal done within 24 hours.
Erm excuse mi wad the hell is Wenger n Russian Owner doing... i thot they has agree a 15millions pounds? .. This is so slow.
wat russian owner???
Wenger dun like to spend huge money on star players
probably some bargaining
and hence explain the delay...
Originally posted by dinky1409:wat russian owner???
they had a Russian on the board of director if i didn't remember wrongly
Hmm... I think the guy was referring to the Russian of Zenit St Petersburg... Anyway, I don't think Arsenal has any Russian on their board of directors yet... Only a Russian shareholder tho...
With Arsenal having one of the youngest squads in the Premier League,
and missing the services of injured players like Cesc Fabregas, Theo
Walcott and Tomas Rosicky, Wenger feels Arshavin can give the Gunners a
new dimension while reinforcing the squad.
"He's a guy who can go past people in the final third. He can have the key, individually and collectively," the Frenchman said.
"He
is an experienced player, 27, a good age and we are a very young side.
We will not have Fabregas in the next six to eight weeks, we will not
have Walcott in the next five weeks, Rosicky in the next eight weeks.
"You can see with the replay of the FA Cup we have the desire to do well in every competition and one more body could help us."
sell rosicky.
he is a disappointment.
legs made of paper.
WENGER CAN U JUST SHUT UP N SIGN THE AA FROM THE RUSSIAN LEAUGE, THIS IS GETTING SO SLOW EVER SINCE U SAY U WAN BUY HIM...
for rosicky: I think for one year, i thot he tio coma at hospital always on Injury List ![]()
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