"Arshavin is a seriously good player. He was one of the best when I was in Russia."

"He is very quick. Technically he is very good. He is good in one-on-one situations and he can make chances for other players.

"How he would do in England is difficult to know. I didn't know how I was going to do in England. Click to continue reading...

Roman Pavlyuchenko looks set to become a Spurs player before the weekend after Spartak Moscow claimed they were happy with the money they have been offered for the striker. The Russia international was reluctant to move his young family to England at first, but now appears happy to be heading to the Premier League and the [. Click to continue reading...

Looks like Spurs are going to splash some of that incoming Berbatov cash on a certain Russian who impressed at Euro 2008. But it's not Andrei Arshavin. It's the slightly harder to type Roman Pavlyuchenko. Latest rumours have Pavlyuchenko all but transferred from Spartak Moscow to Spurs for £12 million, and pulling out of Spartak's squad [. Click to continue reading...

According to the Russian version of UEFA.com, Russia striker Roman Pavlyuchenko is on his way to help alleviate Tottenham's striker crisis. Apparently it all happened so quickly that Roman hasn't even been able to say bye to anyone. It's even more odd considering that quotes were flying about yesterday from . Click to continue reading...

There's no rumour that the three flags set to fly outside Stamford Bridge will be that of Russia, Portugal and Brazil. However, there's little doubt that when it comes to signing players, Big Phil Scolari wants them to be from a select group of two countries. Even better if your ... Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Amdy Faye (Charlton), Abdoulaye Faye (Newcastle United), Thomas Sorensen (Aston Villa), Seyi Olofinjana (Wolves), Dave Kitson (Reading) Notable departures: Marlon Broomes (Blackpool) Dramani not coming until Russia's season end Click to continue reading...

A couple weeks ago Andrei Arshavin's agent went on a bit of a tirade, joining the masses suffering from skewed perception and labeled his client a "slave". We all know Andrei, just like Cristiano Ronaldo, is not a slave - it was simply agent speak, more commonly known as "bullshit" - but we didn't know [. Click to continue reading...

Spurs look set to lose out on another possible strike target after Roman Pavlyuchenko claims he would prefer to stay in Russia with Spartak Moscow. Tottenham, who appear to be actively looking for possible replacements for want-away striker Dimitar Berbatov, have already seen a move for former Manchester United striker Diego Forlan rebuffed by the Atletico [. Click to continue reading...

The Dutch team gave Bert van Marwijk a warm welcome in their first international game together against Russia in Moscow. Oranje dictated the game throughout but forgot to score enough goals to actually win. Guus Hiddink's team drew late in the game: 1-1. It was quite remarkable that Oranje performed so Click to continue reading...

Players send out a message after risking their lives to play against Wales tonight.

'This game is to show Russia you can bomb us but you will never stop our people' Click to continue reading...

Daniel Levy receives a last-ditch ultimatum over a Russian ace that they have been chasing for weeks! Why not join the debate at the COS forum? Zenit St Petersburg have told Tottenham that they will not sell Andrei Arshavin, the Russia playmaker, for less than £20 million. "It is take it or ... Click to continue reading...

International friendly match:Russia are meeting Netherlands Wednesday August 20th. Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Click to continue reading...

  John Terry has been handed the Captain's armband once more by Fabio Capello but this time on a permanent basis. Terry was England's skipped under Steve McLaren leading England to a 3-0 thrashing of Russia at Wembley and also scoring a critical goal in a near famous victory over Brazil to open the new Wembley. Click to continue reading...

Mark van Bommel is back! Today, Bert van Marwijk's tenure with Oranje really starts. In the past couple of weeks he traveled around Europe to see his boys perform again after the EC2008. The friendly against Russia will be "the introduction game", according to Van Marwijk, who knows six players from Click to continue reading...

Tottenham have tonight ended their interest in Zenit St Petersburg striker Andrei Arshavin after months of speculation about a £20 million for the Russian. Arshavin has become one of the hottest properties in Europe after his sensational performances for Russia in the European Championships two months ago. Click to continue reading...

Mark van Bommel is back. New team manager Bert van Marwijk has selected the skipper of Bayern Munich for next Wednesday's friendly against Hiddink's Russia. The 31 year old played his last international at the WC2006 in Germany. Bert van Marwijk said, when he presented his selection for the friendly, that the Click to continue reading...

Barcelona are thought to have re-entered the race for Zenit St Petersburg playmaker Andrei Arshavin. Tottenham remain the favourites to land Russia's Euro 2008 hero but after Valencia's David Silva signed a new contract with the club, it is understood that the Catalan club could yet make a late bid for the player. Click to continue reading...

Tottenham's move for Russian striker Andrei Arshavin could be completed as early as tonight after Zenit St Petersburg lowered their asking price. Spurs boss Juande Ramos has been after Arshavin ever since his superb displays for Russia in the European Championships last June. (Setanta)

It was understood that Spurs were only willing to cough up £16 million for the 27-year old, however Zenit were demanding at least £20 million. Click to continue reading...

One of the best sellers this summer, the book Football Dynamo was reviewed on here a couple of weeks back. Author Marc Bennetts must have liked the review because he kindly accepted to do an interview with us in which he talks about Russian football and how he had always expected Martin Skrtel to do well. Click to continue reading...

England's stars may have been watching the European Championships from their living rooms in sadness and disbelief this past summer, but their pain could turn to gain when the new Premier League season gets underway this weekend. After woefully dismal failures against Russia, Macedonia and twice Croatia in their qualifying campaign, the nation's heroes had [. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you get paid in Homer Simpson money..... Various methodologies of keeping players. (SoccerLens) SWP sets up an academy to help kids become overpriced benchwarmers. (Sniffing The Touchline) Portuguese Offside expansion/quest for dominance continues. (Sporting CP Offside) No drama with the ownership at Man City. Click to continue reading...

The 2008-2009 season starts end of month but several big names will be missing come opening day.  AC Milan especially are showing their weakened status with several poor performances in pre-season, including a 0 - 5 loss to London's Chelsea last week in Russia.  Who do you think will be the most obvious missing link come match day [. Click to continue reading...

Fox Soccer Channel has announced its TV schedule for the 2010 World Cup Qualifying matches, scheduled this September. The matches that will be shown in the United States are: Hungary v Denmark, Saturday, September 6, 1:30pm ET Ukraine v Belarus, Saturday, September 6, 4pm ET (tape delayed) Russia v Wales, Wednesday, September 10, 11am ET Macedonia v Holland, Wednesday, [. Click to continue reading...

Andrei Arshavin, like Cristiano Ronaldo, Rafinha and Lionel Messi (since freed by his captors), is a slave. Held against his will by his rich vodka-drinking owners and forced to do unthinkable things like play football for millions of dollars and take cheesy glamour photos in a photo booth at a St. Petersburg mall. Click to continue reading...

Andrei Arshavin could still leave Zenit St Petersburg for Spurs for £19m

According to reports in Russia, Andrei Arshavin, the Zenit St Petersburg forward, could still move to Tottenham, despite Spurs publicly distancing themselves from a deal.

Arshavin's proposed transfer to the Premier League looked to have again fallen foul to a financial impasse, judging by reports at the weekend. Click to continue reading...