"Is It Over?"*
Monday, 26 January 09, 06:57 PM · Comments(0)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/arsenal/article5594933.ece
From all indications it appears so. The long-protracted transfer saga of one Andrei Arshavin appears to have finally come to a conclusion as Arsenal appear to have landed their man.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24969029-2883,00.html
This article says the amount is AU$35 million (or approximately17 million pounds)...
...which this article seems to confirm. In short, that'd be Arsenal's transfer record purchase.
Now one small bit of pause: all the articles imply that terms have yet to be reached between Arshavin and the Gunners.
But weren't they saying that Arshavin had already reached terms and that the hold up was Zenit's constant consideration of the transfer fee?
Fingers crossed this is finally reached its conclusion...and the club can go buy a defensive midfielder. Hey, Bolton are tabling a 13M quid bid for Miguel Veloso! Can we go find some loose change to challenge them?
*The quote is from the Matrix movies. Right after Agent Smith's finally turned Neo into another one of his clones, he asks whether the battle is finished...right before all the Matrix explodes. Here's hoping the same doesn't happen here.
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