Wenger annoyed with Arshavin's remarks
Written by Jonathan Chong on Saturday, May 1, 2010
Following Andrey Arshavin's remarks that playing for Barcelona in the future would be the pinnacle of his career, manager Arsène Wenger admitted that he was less than pleased with his Russian international.
Arshavin was of course, a target for Barcelona in the past but the transfer never materialised, with the 'magician' signing for us in last year's January transfer window.
The manager reveals that Arshavin wants to extend his contract with the club, and raises the question of whether Arshavin's quotes have been lost in translation, as is often the case with controversial statements.
Wenger said: "We do not, of course, accept that. When you are at Arsenal, you are at Arsenal. When you are somewhere else, you are somewhere else.
"I believe that your pride makes first that you defend your club.
"Everybody has the freedom to speak, but you want to make sure first of all that you respect your club.
"Yes, I am very disappointed because he shows a completely different attitude.
"He wants to extend his contract with us and stay with us, so the noise coming out of Russia is very difficult to explain.
"He looks to be very happy here, so you should ask him where it comes from.
"I just put one question mark behind the things that come back translated.
"Usually you have direct access to him, you can ask him where that comes from.
"I don't forbid you to talk to him, but I take with a little bit of distance what comes back translated sometimes with the help of some agents who want to move the players."
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