Transfer Day: Keane Back to Spurs, Arshavin to Gunners

Transfer deadline day much like trade deadline days for sports in the US, is an exciting day for fans as they see deals go through that will undoubtedly affect the title races in their respective leagues.

In the EPL it's no different as a flurry of activity happened today, the biggest of which involved Robbie Keane and Andrei Arshavin.

In a move that surprised no one, Robbie Keane made his way back to White Heart Lane today. I think everybody knew this was coming after he was left out of the squad for this past weekends game against Chelsea. Another move that everybody expected to go through was the transfer of Andrei Arshavin to Arsenal.

Personally I love this move by Arsenal because his style of play perfectly fits in with Wenger's philosophy and with Fabregras and Rosicky still sidelined, he brings much needed help and creativity to the center of the pitch.

What do you think was the biggest move made today?

Article 17 of FIFA Rules....?

Wow... doesn't he look upset... I don't think I've ever seen a player want to leave his club so bad. I still think the guy's not as good as he thinks but Zennit are stalling the talks and he's getting frustrated, on a personal note I don't think its the club... I think he's just a wimp and hates the cold... So this boyish 27 yr old is going to buy out his contract and get the hell out of there. Article 17 of the FIFA rules says he can do it as early as November.

I don't know what to think about this, I feel bad for the guy cause I can only dream about playing for Arsenal (or a possible Man City swoop) and the only thing holding him back is his club. However, I do believe that he should honor his contract with his current club and see it out of they don't want to get rid of him. I'll have to side with Arshie just because its the opportunity of a lifetime to play at a top flight club, and his club should respect his wishes.. and buy me lots of beer..

Thoughts?

How much is Ar$havin Worth??

Here he is.. you can have him for £24 million!! Yesterday Barcelona bid £12 million and was shot down like a dodo bird with Zenit saying he's worth £24 mill.

This strapping 27-year old fellow lead Zenit St Petersburg to the UEFA Cup victory. In the final he managed to tally two assists in their dominating 2-0 victory against the Scottish side Rangers. He also lost me free breakfast and lunch when he made the Dutch defence look like a bunch of school boys when he lead Russia to a 3-1 victory where he had a goal and an assist in extra time. But when they played Spain in the semi-finals i didn't even know he was on the field

So is a £24 mill price tag fair. In my opinion, not a chance. Lets take a look at the transfer market history and see who else has been moved for a fee of around £24 mill. The names that pop up on this wonderful list are Pavel Nedved £25.5, Daniel Alves £25.33, Arjen Robben £24.46, Mickael Essien £24.43, and Didier Drogba at a whopping £24 million. I know these players hadn't reached their peak before their transfers, except for maybe Robben, at the time they were FAR better players then Arshavin.

What I find even funnier is that Inter bids £8 mill on Lampard who is arguably one the best midfielders in the game. He has scored over 100 goals in 7 years at Chelsea, now if that doesn't seem odd to you get a cat scan cause some thing's wrong upstairs. You may ask, well how many goals did Arshavin score while he's been at Zenit. Well it doesn't matter... Zenit plays in Russia and the leagues aren't exactly at the same level. The age difference... well Lampard is 3 years his senior but the level of play is dramatically different.

This £24 mill price tag is great for Zenit, because the Roman Abramovich (Chelsea's owner) is Russian, and I'm sure he'll pay that pocket change for his home boy. Its amazing what people will pay for players that play great in a couple games in their life.

Is he worth it... I think not....