Catalan sports paper Sport claims that Zenit Saint Petersburg forward and Russian international Andrei Arshavin (27) would not be wanting to play for Zenit anymore because the club isn't keeping the promise they made before that Arshavin could leave for 15 million euro°.
The paper says that the negotiations between Barcelona and Arshavin are well-advanced and that a deal with the player wouldn't be aproblem if Zenit accepts the 15 million euro° offer made by Barcelona.
Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that Russian champions Zenit are asking 25 million euro° for Arshavin. Chelsea would have offered 22 million euro and Barcelona 15 million euro° but both bids were rejected (read more here).
Zenit thinks that Arshavin is a star player and is therefore worth a lot more than players like for example Seydou Keita (14 million euro) or Martín Cáceres (16,5 million euro). Barcelona would nevertheless not move from its original position and hopes that the wish of the player in the end will be decisive.
British tabloid The Daily Express claims that both Barcelona and Chelsea have offered 15 million euro° but that the player seems on his way to Chelsea. Arshavin would have told his club Zenit that he wants to quit and join Chelsea. Chelsea expects Arshavin to arrive this weekend in London for talks with his agent Pavel Andreev.
Chelsea owner and Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich is determined to sign at least one Russian player this summer and would have visited the Russian team hotel during Euro 2008 to hold talks with Arshavin trying to persuade him that his future lies in London.
Britsh tabloid The Daily Mail also claims that Chelsea has moved ahead of Barcelona in the race to sign Arshavin. The player will arrive in London today and an agreement could be found this weekend.
Arshavin’s family would be trying to talk him into a move to the Premier League with his mother Tatyana and wife Yulia both said to believe it would be easier for him and his two children to settle in England rather than Spain.
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15 million euro =
23 million us dollar
12 million britsh pound
25 million euro =
39 million us dollar
20 million britsh pound
The statement made by ronnie's brother about him being 80-90 percent close to signing to Ac did you not think it worthy for the site? or was it just bogus because they change speech and motive everyday on the matter from man-city to galaxy to AC to chelsea...What's really going on? in one spread he's quoted by his brother as saying he's no longer in his mind a BARCELONA PLAYER and in the next he's quoted as saying we still have a contract till 2010 and as such won't rule out staying. whats going on pep?
I'll bring my weekly update on Ronnie tomorrow. It's just like you say: one day they say one thing and the next day another, so it doesn't make much sense to have every day three posts on the player all saying a different thing.
But if something really serious happens, I'll of course put it here immediately!
Missing out on Arshavin is not going to be the end of the world. He likely wouldn't have cracked the first team anyways. So paying in excess of 15mil for him to be a part-time player wouldn't have made much sense. I don't mind Chelsea overpaying for him, but I hope it's not at the expense of no longer pursuing their interest in Ronaldinho. Ronnie's got to go and Chelsea is the only team positioned to financially meet Barcelona's demands for the player, but also a destination that Ronnie might not oppose given his relationship with Scolari.
good view: if Arshavin goes to chelsea, I think they won't go after Ronnie anymore since both could play on this left forward position (alhough they of course can both play on other spots too)
I think barca should ROBINHO from real madrid as they ae going to buy c.ronaldo from Man Utd. so they will lisening to the offer for robinho and baca can sign him for 35mil...if barca payed 35mil for alves so it is definitley worth to spend 35mil on a star young talent player such as robinho who can play in the left-wing of forward...even SILVA is a better choice than arshavin....
35 million for Robinho would be madness. Perhaps if he even tried to play defense, maybe 25.
If Zenit think that Arshavin is worth 25 million, they can keep him. Simple as that. They're also overvaluing Pavlyuchenko, by the by.
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