He arrived from Zenit St. Petersburg in 2009, for reportedly £15 million, making him Arsenal’s record signing to date. A player no doubt every Arsenal fan was excited to see come in. One who at the time was worth breaking the bank for. I am of course talking about Andrey Arshavin.
However, his last 18 months or so at The Emirates have been very disappointing and unproductive to say the very least. As a result of his alarming dip in form, Arsene Wenger sent the 30-year-old out on loan to his former club just two months ago.
The Frenchman still keeps tabs on Arshavin, and hasn’t ruled out bringing back the Russian to the club at the end of the season. Though Andrey says he wants to speak to Wenger before making any decision over his future, amid reported interest from Dynamo Moscow.
The Russian international is said to be one of their top summer targets and are reportedly preparing a £5million summer offer for the experienced star.
Taking all this into account, I ask – Should we take the proposed £5 million offer and run?
Personally, I don’t think so. £5 million is too small a sum to even consider, especially having splashed out £15 million for him just three years ago. The loss would be too great, and who knows, Arshavin could be back to his former self next season.
In my view, I just believe he is going through a really rough patch at the moment. Every striker goes through one now and then.
We all know what he is capable of producing when he’s on song. The Russian just needs some help, guidance and support. We all know that if he was at his absolute best, players like Gervinho, Theo Walcott and Yossi Benayoun wouldn’t even get into the starting line-up.
What do you guys think – Should Arsenal entertain Dynamo’s proposed £5 million bid for Arshavin?
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Arshavin’s best is behind him now. It was not all on him he was not played to his best assets at Arsenal Wenger does not always know best. Arshavin is a player that does very little all game but can STILL have a greater impact on the final score then Half the squad. He is what he is on a team with a solid defensive line up that can afford a player that does his best ONLY in the final third then Arshavin is a Asset. He had a dip in form seemed to be out of shape and lacking a will to play, BUT who’s fault is that? a good manager’s job is to GET the best out his players not just put them out there and hope for the best. How can any professional get out of shape on his own do they not train do they NOT work with these players every day in training. Please Arshavin’s dip in form is as much the fault of the Managers as it was his. At what we payed for him he should have been better used not put out on the Wing and asked to cover for a left back that did not know how to defend and with a Attacking/Defensive midfielder in song who spent more time trying to be a play maker then defending. Arshavin’s best run of games was when he was asked to be a loan striker (except his first games in the squad) At least then he was always in the box and NOT expected to defend he was NOT a good loan striker but he is better in the middle then on the left. All that said he is over 30 now you can not expect him to do what he did when he first arrived at Arsenal but and IF wenger and the board are willing to go out and buy some top talent there are better players to fill Arshavin’s position now BUT so far we have yet to buy anyone of his level since only sold If I was Arshavin and seen the team I was brought into reduced in quality every season I might loose incentive to play also.
AND IN CLOSING as a Arsenal fan I STILL say Arshavin was the best signing Arsenal has made since leaving Highbury Since 2006 we have not been a title contender had Arshavin been added to that squad he would have been a Russian Messi. We are NO longer just one or 2 signings away from being a title winner we now would need to replace all but one or 2 players to be. We do not have a top level defense we do not have a world class goal keeper we have NO midfield (well Carzola and Podolski are good enough) but sorry I have no faith is the rest they are ether unproven because they are young had injuries or both or proven to be bad. It is a hopeless station at the moment