Arshavin Defects From Russia For Arsenal
February 3, 2009 by Jyle Dupuis
Filed under News, Players
Russian soccer player Andrei Arshavin finally got his wish buy getting transferred from Zenith St. Petersburg to Arsenal. No word yet on the final figures for the deal but what is known is that it will be a 3 1/2 year contract with the English Premier League club.
It is hoped that the young (26 year old) Arshavin will help offset the growing injury list with the Arsenals. So far Cesc Fabregas, Tomas Rosicky and Theo Walcott are on the long term injury recovering list.
He’s played 232 games for Zenit, scored 51 goals and in 2006 he was the …read more
