Former Arsenal man Andiry Arshavin's son is named after legendary boss Arsene Wenger and it's hilarious. Arshavin played for 'The Gunners' between 2009 and 2013 and scored 31 goals in 144 games. But it seems that former boss Wenger did leave a big impact on the Russian. That's because his son is called Arseny Arshavin and is bossing it in Barcelona's 'La Masia' academy Andrey Arshavi...Full Story »

A new book has revealed that Arsenal were forced to pay double the amount for Russian star Andrey Arshavin when they bought him from Zenit Saint Petersburg in 2009, per the ​Independent. Arshavin drew Arsene Wenger's attention with his Euro 2008 exploits, but the French manager had to go through hell to complete a deal for the attacker, and negotiations lasted three months, with the player be...Full Story »

Zenit St Petersburg forward Andrey Arshavin has absolutely no idea what to expect from Austria Vienna in Tuesday night's Champions League game at the Petrovsky Stadium. The former Arsenal winger has not watched Vienna's narrow 1-0 defeat to Porto on the opening night, a result earned in the Austrian capital while Zenit were losing 3-1 at Atletico Madrid in Group G. Nor has he paid much attenti...Full Story »

RARE GOAL ... Andrey Arshavin scores against Coventry ARSENAL have released Andrey Arshavin, Sebastien Squillaci and Denilson as Arsene Wenger makes room for summer transfers. Wenger has £100million to spend this summer. And he has begun by removing any potential obstacles to incoming signings. The trio will have until the end of June to clear out their lockers. For Arshavin, 32, it is ...Full Story »

AVIN FUN ... Andrey Arshavin takes his usual seat in the dugout ANDREY ARSHAVIN will go down as one of Arsene Wenger’s worst signings when he leaves the Emirates at the end of the season. The Russian is now approaching the final two months of his contract and Arsenal are happy for him to go on a free. There were even reports he would RETIRE from football — but privately he was sho...Full Story »

Arsenal's Andrey Arshavin could move to Fulham in the January transfer window. The Russian has made just one start for Arsenal this season, scoring in the team's recent Capital One Cup victory over League One side Coventry. With Gunners manager Arsene Wenger admitting that Arshavin is unlikely to feature much due to the high level of competition amongst the team's midfielders, the Daily Expr...Full Story »

Russia manager Fabio Capello left Arsenal forward Andrei Arshavin out of his 24-man squad to play 2014 World Cup Group F qualifying matches with Northern Ireland in Moscow on September 7 and Israel at Ramat Gan four days later. The 31-year-old Arshavin has scored 17 goals for Russia in 74 appearances since making his debut in 2002, but sits out the two matches along with Reading's Pavel Pogrebn...Full Story »

Russia's newly-appointed manager Fabio Capello has named controversial Arsenal forward Andrei Arshavin in his 36-man provisional squad to play a friendly with Ivory Coast. Arshavin found himself on the receiving end of a huge wave of criticism after he had dismissed the team's poor Euro 2012 performance as a problem only for the fans. Problems for the 31-year-old began shortly after Russia los...Full Story »

Zenit St Petersburg manager Luciano Spalletti revealed that he is mulling an offer for Arsenal midfielder Andrei Arshavin in the current transfer window. The midfielder had a successful stint at the Russian side when sent on loan during the second half of the previous season. Although he made just 10 appearances, he scored three goals and was generally a handful for opposing defences and was ...Full Story »

The skipper said that conversations with disheartened followers would not change the results, while a prominent football official hit out at the on-loan Zenit St Petersburg man Russia captain Andrey Arshavin has hit out at supporters, saying that their disappointment at the country's elimination Euro 2012 is not the players' concern. Arshavin spoke to Russian fans at the team's Warsaw hotel ...Full Story »