Andrei Arshavin: Not the Only Zenit St. Petersburg Player Moving to England

There has been a lot of hype in these very last moments of the winter transfer window that Russian forward Andrei Arshavin is on his way to English club Arsenal.

Arshavin is in London at the moment (Monday) for a proposed medical at the club, and it appears that if the Gunners can actually agree a fee with Zenit, then Arshavin could well sign for Arsenal.

However, whilst all that is going on, Zenit also claim to be negotiating with other English clubs, over a deal for their goalkeeper Kamil Contofalsky.

The 30-year old Slovakian international has been forced back in the pecking order at Zenit after Dick Advocaat took charge, with the Dutch boss prefering Russia's No. 2 Vyacheslav Malafeev as the man between the sticks.

When talking to the club's official radio station (if only my club, Gillingham, had their own radio station! Lucky Russians!!), Zenit president Maxim Mitrofanov said: "We hope the transfer of Kamil Contofalsky will go through today."

"Today is the last date for completing transfers in the English Premier League.

"If the transfer won't happen today and Kamil still wants to play first-team football, he can be transferred in summer.

"Two English clubs are interested in his goalkeeping abilities. One is more interested than the other. I won't publish their names at the moment.

"Kamil understands that it can be a chance for him, and despite the fact he is absolutely happy in Zenit, he wants more competitive football and he asked us to find him a new club.

"If someone will bid for him, Zenit will be glad to let him go where he wants."

This might be a clue or not, but when seeing this story on www.skysports.com it was tagged under the Championship link.

Like with a lot of fairly unknown players, I have seen Kamil Contofalsky play before for Slovenia, and he did look quite the player in between the sticks for them.

If a club in the Championship can attract a player like him, it could surely be a massive coup for that club.

And if Arsenal can finally get Andrei Arshavin at the club, then it will surely put an end to another boring, tiresome transfer saga.

quotes: www.skysports.com