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Transfer News: Barcelona is the only club for Andrei Arshavin

Russian playmaker Andrei Arshavin has dealt a blow to any Premier League clubs who were looking for his signature this summer by stating the he only wants to play for Barcelona.

Despite suggestions that Arsenal and Chelsea are interested in the Zenit St Petersburg man, Barcelona are the only club to have so far tabled a bid for him so this news will all but guarantee that Arshavin will be playing his football in the Nou Camp next season.

It could however be a lengthy process trying to get his signature down on paper with Zenit St Petersburg demanding no less than £20M for him.

Don’t get me wrong, he is a good player but it is only this season that he has come to everyones attention at the age of 27 after an excellent UEFA Cup and Euro 2008. I reckon it is a bit pre-mature to be slapping a £20M price tag on the lads head, but, i suppose football is a world of over-inflation nowadays isn’t it!