Andrei Arshavin: Why Choosing Tottenham Hotspur Is The Wrong Choice

"I'm just hoping that one fine morning the bosses at Gazprom will wake up in a good mood and say: 'We've had enough of Arshavin's whining—let's let him go.'"

I hope Arshavin was putting on his thinking cap when he made this statement. Arshavin is desperate. After an outstanding display at Euro 2008, Arshavin believes that playing for Zenit St Petersburg is no longer as glamorous as it used to be.

Arshavin is now regarding the the Russian giants and current UEFA cup holders like an ex-girlfriend that has just jilted him.  To  'whine' constantly about leaving a club that has provided the foundations for his new found stardom is surely unbecoming of a football player.

Arshavin now prefers to ply his trade at a more illustrious club in the EPL. Preferably, he wants to play for Tottenham Hotspur. A club that has in the past few seasons came nowhere near the EPL title, changed a host of managers, and spent millions of pounds on players who fail to justify their huge price tag (I am talking about you Darren Bent, Michael Dawson, and Pascal Chimbonda).

Now, how is moving to Spurs a step forward from his current club?

Apparently, Arshavin thinks that Spurs are big enough for him, "Tottenham have a decent squad with (Luka) Modric, (Dimitar) Berbatov, and other players, and the club is fully capable of fighting for a place in the Champions League.''

Desperation is perhaps the best word to underscore Arshavin's desire to join any club in the EPL.

After seeing possible moves to Barcelona and Arsenal fall through, I can bet to my last dollar that Arshavin will even join Hull City if they can afford his transfer fee.

It just surprises me how desperate Arshavin is in leaving Zenit. At 27, I understand his worry that if he does not move, he will never ever get a chance again. I also understand that if he does not move to play in a better league, his footballing ability will stagnate.

But a move to Spurs is a step in the wrong direction. No offence to Spurs but they are no Barcelona, Arsenal, Man Utd, or AC Milan.

With his footballing ability, he could be better off at a bigger club.

Arshavin only has to look back in history to find out about how Spurs' last Eastern European league import did. Remember Sergei Rebrov? Of course not. After raising the expectations of many Spurs fans, he was not even given a look in by then Spurs manager Glenn Hoddle.

Will Arshavin end up the way of Rebrov?

We shall see...