Andrie Arshavin has repeated his wish to leave Zenit St Petersburg on the day that Roman Abramovich is said to have told Felipe Scolari that he wants a Russian at Chelsea.
"I would like to move to another club," said Arshavin, though when asked where, he replied: "It's hard for me to say, it depends on a lot of things. So far, there's nothing concrete"
There was talk last week that Barcelona had made a bid for the Euro 2008 revelation but that interest seems to have cooled.
Russian tabloid Tvoi Den claims that Abramovich has told Chelsea boss Felipe Scolari that he wants to see at least one Russian at Stamford Bridge next season.
That leaves Scolari with the choice between Arshavin, Yuriy Zhirkov, Igor Akinfeyev and Roman Pavlyuchenko.
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mutiga
"Its nice to have Arshavin in Our squad since he is a good player. Roman also feels proud to have his nation mate with him at chelsea. But I don't think Arsha is good enough to replace Powerful Drogba! Let Drog stay and Arsha come so that they work 2gether."
footyman22
"There goes the moronic Chelski fans's whinging again!!! Why dont u'all tell Roman to buy off the Premiership... then all players will be his players & he can make all-star teams as per his wish..etc etc... TO BE TRUE...HE HAS SCREWED UP THE MARKET!!! & cHELSKI ARE A SHAME TO FOOTY! "
kyriisgay
"Roman Pavlyuchenko tall, powerful, good in the box. A perfect replacment for Drogba as center forward. With Robiniho and Deco its looking pretty good "
IamLegend
"'What Roman want, Roman gets'. That's fine by me whilst he wants world class players!"
imoscardotcom
""That leaves Scolari with the choice between Arshavin, Yuriy Zhirkov, Igor Akinfeyev and Roman Pavlyuchenko. " I thought there were more Russian people in the world than that. Blimey."
ninespuds
"danny1987uk - don't you think 'nuturing' is a rather extreme to get the best out of a player. And just who would be the right manager to do it? After all Akinfeev doesn't appear especially over-sexed. Actually, come to think of it you may have stumbled upon the best thing ever to happen to the Premiereship - if it has a calming effect on cats and dogs just think how the likes of wii-o ferdinand, ashley hole and wazza rooney could benefit. No more boozy skirt-chasing, no more testosterone fuelled tirades at the refs. No more MacPunch ups. the lurid headlines in the tabs would virtually disappear overnight! why the more I think about it the more I reckon it's the only solution to he prem's woes..."
marty_jar
"What is it with the dodgy dictators wanting to watch players of their own nationality rather than wanting to watch the best possible players? It's damaging to the club - although Chelsea fans should be glad he's Russian and not Lithuanian like Romanov, or Thai like Shinawatra...or Northern Irish, like Lawrie Sanchez."
ragga
"Abramovich = Russian, Arshavin = Russian. The papers don't need anything more to sell this as a definite outcome!"
chelseablue
"Get Roman Pavlyuchenko, he's better than the arseshaver, his tireless running during the games moving defenders all over the place and he is pretty handy at freekicks also. Plus if Chelsea are up against it, they could always do a Liverpool and throw the big man on and hit 80 yard balls upto him all day and hope one sticks. "
EssexLad1985
"Another talented player he'll buy n never play"
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