Arshavin on Wenger’s advice, title race and first full season
Andrey Arshavin spoke on a few interesting points following the campaign’s final day against Fulham.
The Russian finished his first full season in England with 12 goals in all competitions – double the tally of his debut spell in 2008/09.
Despite his decent return in statistics, Arshavin faced criticism over his inconsistency during the course of season while reports and speculation in the media did his reputation no good.
There was also the disappointment of missing out on World Cup qualification with Russia, but after ending the season on a good note with a goal against Fulham last Sunday, Arshavin claims Wenger was mild with his end of season talks.
“He (the manager) wished us luck. Especially to the players who will fly to the South Africa. Arsene said that it is important to rest well in order to be more successful next season. He stressed that we must take the trophies in the future.” he said.
Arshavin also told the story of 2009/10’s Premier League race as it was.
“The Championship was interesting. A lot of clubs fought for the victory and for the right to play in the Champions League.” he said
“Some of them got lucky, some of them not. In the end Chelsea and Manchester United looked better. They broke away from their pursuers and clashed for first place.”
And despite the quarter-final collapse against Barcelona, the 28-year-old was grateful of his best experience in Europe’s elite club competition.
“It was my first time in the Champions League quarterfinals. And I managed to find out what the Champions League really is.” he said.
This guy has no love for Arsenal. We should sell him, but Hazard and we will have a player who is 10 years younger and who will contribute just as much as Arshavin – if not more.
he talks too much is he a spokesman for arsenal player?i am begining to hate him
he talks too much is he a spokesman for arsenal players?i am begining to hate him
Just shut up and play football and pass the ball to your team mates Russia didn’t qualify for the world cup and maybe you should take a look at yourself and see if you can improve and help your team mates just shut your mouth and play football
one thing I must concede here that Arshavin said at the very start of the season that Chelsea and Manu are the teams that are ahead of Arsenal and his judgment came true….
Arshavin has to go Arsene! please trade him now to Barcelona and get us Pedrito! Its not like he will ever play for Barca anyway
Ey guys u r being hard on arshavin maybe he talks too much but atleast he delivers his scored more goals than nasri nd rosicky put together nd i stil think he haz nt adaptd yet his best is stil yet to come 12 +6 in 1 and a half seasons dnt leave arshavin
sell him! he has no respect to the club and he will sell us out just as he did to zenit. we have got to watch out to when his contract is up cos i can bet he will leave us on a free! i bet we will find somebody just as good in south africa
From the very begining he should have respect for us and he should remember what Thierry,Dennis, Patric and Peris did for us, they are our legend and patriot and still they have a great respect and love for arsenal. And also arshavin can learn from Sesc and vanpersie, they are a kind of players we arsenal fans need to see in arsenal shirt.ARSHAVIN PLEASE SHUT YOUR MOTH…
what the fuck is wrong with u people !why the fuck r you all against him .hes been frank .all the rumours about him goin to barca are fake .he categorically declared that and that shows hes committed . theres nothing offensive about what he has said above .problem with people nowadays is that a footballer cant be frank can he????.atleast hes not being a diplomat like fabregas who rumours about barca are not even hitting any one of ur nerves .”no hes fabregas he deserves better “,no he doesnt ,first comes the arsenal that by the way made cesc what he is today .Andrei is brilliant and i hope he stays at the grove for good .people who disagree…SRCEW YOU
I agree with you. But calm down with the foul words for goodness sake. You made a neat point but a reader will easily be put off by the profainity you started it with.
Arshavin is a good player living arsenal now is not good,what wenger have to do is to have some words of encouragement and motivate him and give him another chance i trust arshavin will do well next season
So it seems like some of you that a manager who lied about promising to buy players but then renege his words indeed showed respect for arsenal’s fans. …or you rather prefer players who have no mind of their own, only singing praises about the god wenger…
Suprised by all these negative comments. Its the first time we have heard Arshavins thoughts without a twist from the reporters. Here he speaks his mind as for all the other comments they have been twisted to get us arsenal fans on his back! We need to support the lad and watch his wonders again next season. Have you forgotten his 4 against liverpool and magnificent strike against man utd? It was the defence that let us down!
Support our team and players and trust in wenger
What our darling club need is our support and we the fans Arshavin need our motivation so that he can perform next season we should not forget the past what he did i think is alley 4 us to start shouting let give him another chance i know he will do well.but if he insist to join another club then wenger have to offload him and bring some thing similar to that or more brilliant one all remain 4 wenger to act.