Russia's new tsar Andrei Arshavin. This is the player George is prepared to use to replace Ribery after careful consideration!
Although Arshavin has not yet been dubbed the title of Tsar by the media and fans, and his reputation in Russia is not as good as that of Sychev and Titov who became famous earlier, and his ability is far from reaching its peak, he is indeed George The best choice you can find at this time!
Although in addition to Arshavin, George also has Malouda, Figo, Luis Garcia and other equally good alternative targets, but compared with the Czar, these people either have limited upper limits (Malouda, Garcia), Either they are past their prime and have strong demands for playing time (Figo), or they are too young to appear in the Premier League too early (David Silva, Mata, Bale). In addition, those first-class wingers such as Giuly, Camoranesi and Duff are basically a carrot and a pit now, and are highly valued in their respective teams. George is unwilling to break the team's existing salary structure. In this case, he will definitely not consider joining Tottenham. Therefore, Arshavin, who can provide certain immediate combat power and has high potential, naturally becomes the best candidate!
Zenit responded quickly. After receiving Tottenham's offer of 5 million euros for Arshavin, they only considered it for two days and made a decision, agreeing that Tottenham would send someone to discuss personal matters with Arshavin. treatment!
Although Russia's current domestic economic situation and living standards are indeed much better than they were in the 1990s, not many of Russia's richest people are interested in investing in football at this time, nor are they spending a lot of money on it. idea. Therefore, at this time, there are still many Russian players who will choose to seek gold in foreign leagues for a high salary after becoming famous (such as Smertin and Sychov).
The most convincing example is that in George's previous life, Dalian Shide almost successfully loaned out Arshavin and Pavlyuchenko in 2006. Although the two transactions were ultimately shelved because the two clubs could not reach an agreement on the rental fee, the dismal state of Russian football during this period and Arshavin's status in Zenit at this time are also evident. Therefore, it is far less difficult for Tottenham to bring in Arshavin from Zenit than it was when Arsenal poached the peak Tsar after the European Cup in the previous life!
What George didn't expect was that before Paratici, who was in charge of the negotiation, left for St. Petersburg, Arshavin and his agent took the initiative to deliver the goods and went to London to discuss the contract with Tottenham in person!
The world is really magical. I didn’t expect that in this fighting nation, which is famous for its tall people and horses, a guy like Arshavin who is seriously inconsistent with their style of painting would be born. This is what George really thought when he saw Arshavin for the first time.
Although according to the official information provided by Zenit Club and the Russian Football Association, Arshavin's height is 1.72 meters, but after George's visual inspection, he concluded that this guy must have lied about his height: "This height is only 1 meter at most. Meter 67, those guys at Zenit made him wear height-increasing shoes, right?!"
Of course, this was just George's inner complaint, and he did not look down on Arshavin because of it. After all, on the football field, height doesn't mean much - Maradona is only 1.65 meters tall. Who dares to say that the football king is not capable?
Although Arshavin's talent is not as outstanding as Maradona's, he represented Zenit's first team in the Russian top league at the age of nineteen and secured his main position in the second year. At the age of twenty-one, he completed the national championship. The growth trajectory of the team's debut shows that Arshavin's potential is also quite outstanding.
However, this relatively good starting point did not make Arshavin's subsequent career smooth sailing, because the Russian national team during this period was still a "Moscow-based" team (i.e. Lokomotiv Moscow, CSKA Moscow, Spartak Moscow). Grams, etc.) firmly control the right to speak in the locker room. The reputations of Sychov, Titov, Smertin and Akinfeev who came out of these clubs are at the height of their popularity, and their influence is strong enough to influence the head coach's deployment to a large extent. Although Arshavin has good football talent, he was born in St. Petersburg and without sufficient external support, it is naturally difficult for him to be reused as a head coach in the national team!
Not to mention, there is another Korzhakov who is as famous as him but one year younger than him in the Zenit team. This makes Arshavin, who is short in stature and lacks visual impact in his playing style, and whose abilities and consciousness have not yet fully matured, are only considered by the Zenit club as a young player with good skills at this time, and he does not get much attention at all!
It can be said that Arshavin is very clear about his current situation. He knows that if he wants to get ahead and realize his ambition and become the number one star in Russian football, then Tottenham's active recruitment this time will most likely be the best and only opportunity in his entire career!
Playing for a team that has just won the Champions League, even if it is just a member of the rotation, is enough for him to get more attention in the national team!
Compared with most Russian players, Arshavin is an anomaly in many ways. For example, in terms of his attitude towards playing football abroad, Arshavin is more proactive than his compatriots and is more willing to accept the baptism of high-level football. Therefore, when many Russian players are frightened by the experiences of Sychov and Igor Dobrovolsky and others, they would rather play in the country and get a decent salary, unless there is the temptation of a high salary. Before he could venture abroad, the ambitious Arshavin was already ready to fight overseas and change his destiny!
In addition, Arshavin is not as withdrawn and unsociable as other Russian players. He almost never communicates with his teammates. Instead, he actively integrates into the team, which allows him to adapt to the new environment faster and better!
In George's view, the reason why Arshavin fell into silence after a brief period of glory in his previous life was mainly because Nasri's sudden emergence squeezed his activity space and playing time, as well as the deterioration of his physical fitness as he grew older. decline. Now Arshavin is only twenty-four years old and still has strong plasticity. After arriving at White Hart Lane, under the careful training of Tottenham's laboratory and coaching staff, the "Czar" can definitely climb to higher heights than in his previous life!
Since the Zenit club has already agreed to release him, and Arshavin himself is also very interested in traveling abroad, he even took the initiative to go to London to negotiate the contract with Tottenham after receiving the news. Therefore, the contract negotiation between the two parties can only To describe it as rapid progress - it only took half a day for Arshavin, who was extremely eager to play in the Premier League, to fully accept the conditions offered by Tottenham and get a job with an annual salary of 1.5 million euros. signed his name on the five-year contract!
Next, as long as Zenit and Tottenham report the deal to the Russian Football Association and the English Football Association respectively, and Arshavin passes the physical examination organized by Tottenham's laboratory, then the future Russian czar will officially become Tottenham Become a member of Tottenham Hotspur!
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