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I think arshavin of zenit is the perfect solution in the midelfeld for bayern and I dont think he is to expensive so for 10 milions we can buy him and he is better then gattuso so about 100 times and i think he is better then deco if u saw him play ..share ur opinion

Arshavin would be good, he played well in the final yesterday for sure. I don't think you can really say whether he's better than Deco or not, though. Deco's been playing at the top level a lot longer. And that's the thing, I feel like Bayern need more experienced players with regard to the CL, which Deco obviously is and Arshavin is not. As for the Gattuso comparison, they don't even play the same position so it's not worth comparing them. That being said, you wouldn't hear me complaining if Arshavin came to Bayern!

i really wont deco at the team with gattuso will be a huge boost.but don't know i am loosing fate.we wanted flamini till milan did the move.we have to wait at the shadow of the other big clubs to get a young talent because big players does not like the bundeliga.even the ones that are there have the dream to go away like diego and van der vart.its so sad.

yah, he would be perfect
but almost too much
i would love for it
but i just feel it will be unlikely
but i keeping my fingers crossed!

i've liked arshavin for a while now, he's a good player with a mature head on his shoulders, he's a leader and could be good for bayern, but i don't see this happening!

Obviously best russian player. He's going to leave Zenit and want to play in bigger club. Among russian players he is my fauvorite one. But I don't want Bayern to buy him.
He won't be leader here. I am not even sure he will be one of first eleven. Bayern refuse Schlaudraff, same kind of player. I'm afraid Arshavin won't be useful here.
Also, he's not alternative of Deco. Andrey is not playmaker. He can play wing forward or center forward. Sometimes he can be unnoticeable 88 minutes but then can make some brilliant moves and the match is won.
Good player, but I wish Arshavin played somewhere like Everton, MC or Villareal.

A1ex wrote:Obviously best russian player. He's going to leave Zenit and want to play in bigger club. Among russian players he is my fauvorite one. But I don't want Bayern to buy him.
He won't be leader here. I am not even sure he will be one of first eleven. Bayern refuse Schlaudraff, same kind of player. I'm afraid Arshavin won't be useful here.
Also, he's not alternative of Deco. Andrey is not playmaker. He can play wing forward or center forward. Sometimes he can be unnoticeable 88 minutes but then can make some brilliant moves and the match is won.
Good player, but I wish Arshavin played somewhere like Everton, MC or Villareal.

i disagree
he is a playmaker and he is vary different then schuladraff
jan being a stiker not a midfield
i think he would defintiely make the starting 11
him and ribery would be dinamte!

MunchenFC wrote:

A1ex wrote:Obviously best russian player. He's going to leave Zenit and want to play in bigger club. Among russian players he is my fauvorite one. But I don't want Bayern to buy him.
He won't be leader here. I am not even sure he will be one of first eleven. Bayern refuse Schlaudraff, same kind of player. I'm afraid Arshavin won't be useful here.
Also, he's not alternative of Deco. Andrey is not playmaker. He can play wing forward or center forward. Sometimes he can be unnoticeable 88 minutes but then can make some brilliant moves and the match is won.
Good player, but I wish Arshavin played somewhere like Everton, MC or Villareal.

i disagree
he is a playmaker and he is vary different then schuladraff
jan being a stiker not a midfield
i think he would defintiely make the starting 11
him and ribery would be dinamte!

May be we use diferent definitions of the word playmaker. But I don't think Messi for example is playmaker...Andrey is mostly striker. Of course he's a free lance. On the pitch he does whatever he wants. Creativity is what he's really good at. But I am pretty sure he's not a playmaker.
There's some information here http://fc-zenit.ru/eng/person.phtml?id=9
Look there. His position is forward.
You can trust me - I am russian guy here

yah
but a creatce player such as he
i lable as a mid
and he was the best player in the UEFA final
and everytime i watch him play i say
wow! i iwish he could be with bayern!

Watching Andrey Arshavin use his youth and speed to slice apart Sweden with a goal and a plethora of other creative plays throughout the 90 minutes of the match makes me think that Arshavin would be a great addition to the Bayern squad. OK, so what if he does not have CL experience, he was an intrical part of the Zenith St. Petersburg side that made Bayern look silly only weeks ago and went on to lift the UEFA Cup.
Sosa IMO is surplus to requirements, Ze Roberto will be gone after next season, and Tim Borowski is a skilled tackler who has vision and can distribute from the holding spot, so there will be room for him to play. Even though he is listed as a striker with Zenith, he can and does play the attacking midfield role quite proficiently. His creativity would be harnessed well with Klinsi and Bayern and he could do great things in the years to come.

Arshavin could play wing or CAM, which would be a great fit for poldi, and toni up front (klose has been underperforming for the second half of the bundesliga and euro, should be sold) with ribery and schweini/ altintop on wings and borowski/ MVB in holding spot. Seems like a perfect fit.

Your thoughts?

The Russia playmaker Andrei Arshavin has revealed he is ready to turn down offers from clubs in England and Germany in favour of a move to Spain.

Without revealing names, Arshavin claims to know of offers from England, but insists his dream is to play in La Liga. "I know that I have offers from England and Germany, but what I would really like is to play in the Spanish League, in the Primera Division," he told the Spanish newspaper AS.

bogdan wrote:The Russia playmaker Andrei Arshavin has revealed he is ready to turn down offers from clubs in England and Germany in favour of a move to Spain.

Without revealing names, Arshavin claims to know of offers from England, but insists his dream is to play in La Liga. "I know that I have offers from England and Germany, but what I would really like is to play in the Spanish League, in the Primera Division," he told the Spanish newspaper AS.

I have heard in the past Manchester City and more recently Arsenal, Everton and Stuttgart are after him. In Spain he will have plenty of opportunities with Barcelona redoing the team, if he does not go to Barca he can end up taking the spot of players going to Barca. IMO, Atletico will be a good choice as he will not have a tremendous amount of pressure on him, then if he adapts well he can move to one of the big guns, the only problem that I see: he is 27 so he is making this move too late.

As for Bayern, I do not see it happening. As somebody mentioned the BL is seen by many players as a stepping stone to jump to England or Spain, (also Italy although this is changing). Again at 27 he is probably willing to go directly to Spain or England.

I do not think is a striker, he is an attacking midfielder and winger. As for playmaker his style reminds me Diego a lot, the way he pauses and turns; the runs, stops and passes, but by trade I do not think he is a trained playmaker, he will bring better results with somebody else in that role next to him, it is like Ribery, lots of skills but he needs somebody pulling the strings of the team to shine.

i think he will be good for bayren
but he will be very expnsive

from syria wrote:i think he will be good for bayren
but he will be very expnsive

Zenit just said they will not sell him for less than 25 millions Euros.

If I was in position in a top european club I will not buy him for that price. Outside Rusia he has not been tested on a consistent basis (certainly he showed a lot of talent first at the UEFA Cup then at EURO 2008) but that is no security for spending a huge amount of money not knowing if he will perform in a more competitive league playing every 3 or 4 days. On top of that he is 27, he will depreciate quickly if for some reason it does not work out = no resale value.

As I said above he is trying to make this move too late. For a player making a move to a top league the ideal scenario is first landing a short contract (2 years) with a mid-table team in a top league then after being tested going for the big move; or signing a long term deal with the same team knowing his contract will be sold if his services are highly valued Arshavin failed to do both.. Bayern is not after him, but I would be worried if they do.

Reports from Germany claim that Bayern are closing in on Arshavin. This would be a super transfer because he will give us a lot of options in the creativity department. Only problem would be that we don't have a proper DM to allow him such space.