What the papers say: Arshavin deal gets closer, but Man City could nab player
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The Sun - Arshavin is on the brink
ANDREI ARSHAVIN will sign for Arsenal this month — despite Zenit St Petersburg turning down an initial £10million bid.
The Daily Mirror - Manchester City to hijack Arsenal deal for Andrei Arshavin
Manchester City are closing in on Andrei Arshavin after agreeing an £18million deal with Zenit St Petersburg.
The Daily Express - DAVIES BLASTS GUNNERS
BOLTON striker Kevin Davies has accused Arsenal players of trying to con the referee and get him booked by making “loud screams” when he went to tackle them.
The Times - Bendtner eases cold climate at Emirates
As Arsenal struggled desperately to break down the Bolton Wanderers barrier, the words of Cesc Fàbregas in the match programme proved mildly provocative. The Arsenal captain spoke repeatedly of going on “holiday” — he used the word five times — to recuperate from his long-term knee injury. How everyone in the refrigerator that was the Emirates Stadium on Saturday wished that they could be joining him.
The Independent - Wenger laments 'unexciting' league
"Bolton got what they deserved, nothing. It was disgusting." Such a view is not uncommon in the press box where, for the most part, neutrality reigns and, alongside the obvious need for a compelling narrative, there is a desire to see attractive football.
The Daily Telegraph - Arsenal 'to offer £12m for Andrei Arshavin'
Arsenal will reportedly make an increased bid of £12 million for Zenit St Petersburg's Andrei Arshavin.
The Guardian - Emirates fans yearn for muscle to add finishing touch to Wenger's art
Arsenal's play was again missing the zip and fluency of Arsène Wenger's sweeping vision of how the game should be reinvented.
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Reader Comments (4)
I'm a City fan and I'm not sure why Arsenal or City are after Arshavin. Central defender and a holding midfielder should be priorities for both our clubs at the moment.
great win vs boltons 10man defence..............yes we can win the ugly games at last,for 3 seasons now these are the type of teams that give us problems and they dont like it when we win eg davies moaning to the media(grown up be a man and take the loss on the chin).hopefully we are adding/learning to play the little teams at their own game all part of the Arsenal learning curve a young team getting a bit wiser.RVP playing out of his skin at the moment NB keeps scoring and the team appaers to br getting it together..transfer talk in the media will be ignored untilAW shows us who he wants to bring in AW is never going to say we have millions to spend or who our targets are,unlike other clubs........so wait and see
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Hey guys. How about the idea of Jermaine Jenas (Spurs) to join us at Arsenal? In my opinion he's sharp and young too.But don't know the price. He has been axed as Tottenham vice-captain. Replaced by Woodgate.
We ain,t gonna sign no1 wenger is pretending to be intrested in arshavin just like he did with alonso,i don't care wot a c@*t has 2 say, but i say we get wenger out and mourinho in