Arsenal want £10m plus the Armenian.
But HM’s wage demands are the deal-breaker.
Oh dear!
Before this impasse, the story had already begun to bore me, so I’m gonna forget about it for the next 11 days and nights.
Always detested the January transfer window anyway.
Too many bad memories.
Jose Antonio Reyes came and saved Arsenal’s season but TH14 treated him like a dog, a tragic chapter of French arrogance.
You will recall that Ivan Gazidis acquired the melancholy Russian genius in January.
Andrei Arshavin scored 4 goals at Anfield but Wenger’s “defence” could not win the game.
A thrilling contest : 0-1, Arshavin! Then Fernando Torres and Benayoun for 2-1. But Arshavin levels at 2-2 and then scores again for 2-3…. but Torres makes it 3-3.
Incredibly, Arshavin fires a world class shot to make it 3-4.
But Wenger’s untutored defenders, too clueless to win the game, allowed Benayoun to score his second in stoppage time.
Final score : Liverpool 4 Arshavin 4
My solution during January window: watch YouTube.