Arshavin, the lure of the market for winter

* The Zenit takes over the running of his'10 ', who already was on the agenda of Madrid and Barca

* Wenger needs reinforcements following the injuries of long duration of Cesc, Rosicky and Walcott

Andrei Arshavin, one of the great stars of the last European Championship, is the main reference of the market for winter in European football, which begins on Jan. 1. The half-edge Russian, 27, could sign for Arsenal, deprived of the injured Cesc until next April.

Arsène Wenger seems to love the little genius of St. Petersburg, who already visited the facilities' Gunners' a few months ago. In addition, the French technician recently acknowledged that seeking a "creative midfielder," a reinforcement to alleviate the problem of injuries to Fabregas and Theo Walcott and Tomas Rosicky, too long.

The gas company Gazprom, owner of the Zenit, confirmed last week that they had received an offer from London of 21 million euros and in that case would not hesitate to accept. A manageable figure for a player of enormous talent, but depressed in recent months, held against their will in the ancient city of the Tsars.

And the arrival of the'10 'Russian might still be cheaper, because the English newspaper' Daily Mirror 'looks very close to the agreement by only 13 million, which would mean a bargain compared with recent expenditures by Real Madrid and Huntelaar Lassana Diarra.

Out of the Champions League

Arsenal, fifth in the Premiership to 10 points on the head, you need a new leader, because the emerging Vela, Ramsey and Wilshere are too young even for a guy so bold as Wenger. The only problem is that Arshavin for this season could not contest the Champions League, where he saw this fall too gray to Real Madrid and Juventus.

However, Dennis Lachter, representative of the player, playing its role in the negotiations, praised his player and puts brake on the optimism of the English. "We know that Wenger likes the figure of Arshavin, but I like that of Angelina Jolie and this is not everything."

On Dec. 10 he played his last match with Zenit shirt at the Santiago Bernabeu, before the watchful eye of Juande Ramos, who wanted to employ last July for Tottenham. The Barcelona also scoring the ground in summer and Madrid appear to have resigned after his two recent signings.

Milito and Podolski, in the diaries of the great

And is that the global financial crisis does not seem to affect the white club, a great entertainer of the market in December. Weighed down by poor performance, the embodiments of urgency Ramon Calderon have not caused any domino effect. For now, the only addition of bells has been that of David Beckham, who came to Milan with a contract for 'day'.

In anticipation of a major operation maintaining the oil magnates of Manchester City and Inter Mourinho, yet the future of the rebellious Adriano. The leader of the Serie A could incorporate Diego Milito, for which the Genoa requires 30 million euros.

Another of the most appetizing striker Lukas Podolski is, without a site in front of Bayern with Luca Toni and Miroslav Klose. In addition, the Bavarian club has secured the transfer of Landon Donovan from the Galaxy, and still does not hide his interest in Ivica Olic, the Hamburg striker.