Zenit Lower Andrei Arshavin's Asking Price...for Spurs!

Zenit St. Petersburg claim they have lowered their asking price for Andrei Arshavin to clear the path for the Russian forward to move to Tottenham.

Spurs were originally told the 27-year-old, who starred at Euro 2008 for his country, would cost upwards of £20 million, and no fee was agreed between the clubs.

Arshavin, encouraged by a conversation with Tottenham head coach Juande Ramos, is willing to join Spurs after initially declaring Barcelona as his preferred destination.

Spurs are in the market for strikers following the departure of Robbie Keane to Liverpool and Dimitar Berbatov wanting to leave White Hart Lane Lane for Manchester United. Arshavin would be seen as a like-for-like replacement for Keane.

Zenit's director, Konstantin Sarsaniya, claims Spurs have to pay a relatively low amount to land the Russian hotshot.

"Zenit have decided to reduce the asking price for Andrei, but exactly how much I cannot say because the negotiations were led by Zenit president Alexander Dyukov," Sarsaniya told Russian newspaper Sovetsky Sport.

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