I always felt that he would have been best utilised as an SS. He was magic in the box with his dribbling, touch and close control.
Would have been a great foil to an out and out striker.
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Iām very surprised by how wrongly Wenger utilised him. Every other club interested back then would have used him in the middle.
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#Heās five foot four
Heās five foot fo-o-o-o-our
Weāve got Arshavin
Fuck Adebayor#
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I wish that had 3-CB formation had been popular in England back then, those late 00ās team would have really benefited from using them. Not as a defensive clutch but as a way to get more out of our attackers.
Using a 3-4-1-2 or a 3-4-2-1 depending on the occasion.
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Absolute bollocks by Arsenal not to win that game.
Liverpool really are the cuntiest club out there.
lol imagine taking you 4 years to buy a player that costs more than Ā£15m
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Calls for him playing the number 10 often forget the level and production of the man who actually played there. Cescās 2009/10 season puts to bed any notion anyone deserved that CAM role more.
Wonderful player though. One of the key stories of that era was never having our star players fit at the same time for long enough.
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Which is amazing when you think of the talent we had in and out of the club through those years.
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Unpopular opinion perhaps but Cesc was not enjoyable as an AM
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There is something in that tbh. Not his strength as a midfielder for sure.
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When we bought Perez for 18m it was our record fee for a striker and was in the same window as Xhaka and Mustafi,
It was this tight fisted approach to transfers that ended up costing our board way more, not just financially, but by not winning trophies as well.
We wasted so many transfer windows by going cheap and then, after the prices of players went up because of inflation, the board had to spend way more than would have done if they had invested properly before, just to catch up.
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Me: Any final words?
Also me interrupting him: 
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Wonāt be meeting Hleb on the WW3 battlefield, heāll be out getting ice cream
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Avoiding taking a shot, no doubt.
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Heāll be more sorry than ever he left Arsenal now.
This guy is so popular man. Almost all chatter Iāve had with rival fans about Trossard involved Arshavin.
They all remember him well, especially his goals.
Didnāt realize he made enough of an impact to be remembered a decade later.
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probably remembered for the 4 goals at Anfield, Arshavin has to be my favourite ever Arsenal transfer tbh and thatās a big compliment knocking Benayoun to second
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Arshavin was pure class, shame Arsene didnāt manage to fit him into his ideasā¦ And he came a bit late and started losing his pace after his first full season or two, that didnāt help either.
I wanted to mention that, Trossard does remind me a bit of Arshavin. Good two feet, quick, good balanceā¦ Also says himself his prefered position is behind the striker, in that āpocketāā¦ That was Shavaās best position too, although he never played there at Arsenal.
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