Zenit officially reject a £15m bid for Arshavin
3 comments January 23rd, 2009
As you all know by now, Zenit St. Petersburg’s board today convened to discuss Arsenal’s latest (and final) offer for Andrei Arshavin, which amounted to £12m plus £3m in bonuses.
Well, this afternoon Zenit’s own radio station confirmed that the bid had been rejected.
The Daily Mail had this morning run an oddly-worded and seemingly unsubstantiated article which suggested a deal had been agreed, but it appears they not only jumped the gun – they’re running an entirely imaginary race.Â
You have to imagine that this is the final nail in the coffin of a deal that was dragged on (and on (and on (and on))). Today is the final working day before the deadline of the 26th that we imposed upon the deal, and with the Arsenal hierarchy insistent we will not increase our bid and Arsene Wenger 98% unfussed, it seems as if Arshavin will remain a Zenit player.Â
In other news, William Gallas is back to fitness, and Kieran Gibbs could start in place of the suspended (and evidently fairly relaxed) Gael Clichy.
Sorry for the bad news re The Russian, all. Post mortem tomorrow.
