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However, in the winter of early 2008, compared with the protagonists of last year's winter transfer market, Ronaldo, Beckham and others, this year's winter transfer protagonists undoubtedly lacked a little appeal.

As the major giants have been perfectly supplemented in the summer transfer season, several of the biggest clubs have chosen to settle for the status quo this winter.

With the Premier League's economic environment among the best in the world, it remains the most dynamic part of the transfer market, with 20 Premier League clubs spending more than £100 million on players in total.

Anelka, who moved to Chelsea for 20 million euros, has become the "standard king" this winter, and he is also the biggest star among them, but the French striker has been mixed with small and medium-sized clubs such as Bolton, Manchester City and Fenerbahce in recent years, and has long since lost the spirit of his transfer to Real Madrid for 35 million euros eight and a half years ago.

Of course, if it weren't for Anelka's recent form, the 'Bid King' would have been won by a newcomer as before - as the second-ranked Banega has a transfer fee of 18 million euros, and the Argentine midfielder, who is not yet 20 years old, joined Valencia from Boca Juniors.

Tottenham continued their tradition of showcasing their club's finances through the transfer market, becoming the team that spent the most money on a Premier League transfer this winter. After spending a frenzied €50 million on the star in the summer, they spent around €27 million this winter, but all in the back.

The €10.8 million signing from Myburgh isn't the most expensive, as their signing of Hutton from Glasgow Rovers is worth a whopping €12 million; They also signed 18-year-old Welsh right-back Guentel from Cardiff for €4.2 million.

Chelsea's investment is the second-highest of any Premier League team, with 18-year-old Argentine youngster Di Santo in addition to €20 million Anelka.

Obviously, after spending a lot of money in the previous years, Abu's purse is not as rich as before.

Manchester United and Liverpool have both signed just one man: the Red Devils have signed the little-known Angolan international Manuccio in place of the injured Saha, for an undisclosed fee.

The Reds have signed the equally little-known Slovakia international Skertel, a 23-year-old defender who is valued at €10 million and will take over from veteran Finnish centre-back Hyypia.

Arsenal have not made any acquisitions, they have only reclaimed Swiss centre-back Deyoro on loan from Birmingham.

Several teams in the middle of the Premier League table are relatively quiet, only a few teams struggling with relegation, such as Fulham, Wigan, Sunderland, Derby County and other teams, have signed 4-5 players in a row in order to achieve a comeback in the remaining three months, such as the promoted Birmingham City for Everton's winger McFadden to spend 9 million euros.

Derby County are even more hungry, signing Laurent Robert, who has been out of work for more than half a year for free - the former Newcastle left winger is almost 33 years old and how much firepower he still has is debatable.

Blackburn, who are firmly in the leading position, is unusually in the transfer market, and the net investment in the winter transfer period exceeded 10 million euros for the first time, just to bring in one person - Russian "Tsar" Arshavin.

The long-running move of Arshavin to Blackburn Rovers has finally settled just in time for the end of the Premier League's winter transfer window. The soul of the Russian team has completed his transfer from Zenit St. Petersburg to Blackburn.

Zenit unilaterally stated that the transfer fee was around £10 million and the contract was for four and a half years, but Blackburn did not confirm it.

Although the Premier League is still reviewing the contract documents, Blackburn have published a statement on their official website about Arshavin's arrival. "Blackburn Rovers are pleased to announce the transfer of Russian midfielder Andrei Arshavin from Zenit to Blackburn," the statement said. The two parties signed a long-term contract, and the transfer fee will not be disclosed to the public. ”

The reason why Arthur became the first player after Arthur joined Blackburn Rovers and did not announce the transfer fee to the outside world for the first time is because Arthur suffered a dark loss during the transfer process of Arshavin.

Blackburn Rovers have been in long and difficult negotiations with Zenit to sign Arshavin, with the main sticking point being a huge disagreement between the two sides over the transfer fee, which the Zenit team insisted on being paid in one lump sum.

Compared to Blackburn's other overnight transfer deals over the past few years, Arshavin's move to Blackburn Rovers was a bumpy, with several twists and turns before the final decision came after Arthur's concession.

At the beginning of January, before the winter transfer window opened, Blackburn had been in talks with Zenit about Arshavin's transfer. Lippi revealed that the team will sign a well-known star in view of the fact that Drogba is away for one month because of his participation in the Africa Cup of Nations, but will not give a specific name.

On January 17, Zenit sent an invitation to Blackburn Rovers to discuss Arshavin's transfer next Tuesday. Spokesman Petrov confirmed, "We invite Blackburn officials to meet in St. Petersburg next Tuesday." This shows that Zenit wants to find a solution that is acceptable to all. ”

On January 27, Zenit revealed that they and Blackburn had agreed on a transfer fee for Arshavin, and that the Blues would negotiate a personal contract with the "Tsar". Russian media have revealed that Arshavin is worth around £15 million in transfer, although his offer of £50,000 a week is far beyond Blackburn's expectations.

After an FA Cup draw by Cardiff City on 28 January, Blackburn vice-president Mensa Bonsu stressed that Arshavin was the player Blackburn needed. 'The squad is a bit thin at the moment, we are a little weak when dealing with the pressure of multi-front, they definitely need more creativity and of course Arshavin is not cheap.

On January 30, the English media revealed that Arshavin's transfer came to the last minute, and Blackburn helped the Russian star successfully obtain a labor certification.

On February 1, Arshavin was photographed by the media in Blackburn. Then came the news that the Russian had been photographed at the Lancashire airport and that he appeared to be boarding a plane to leave, adding to the uncertainty surrounding the transfer. At the same time, Lippi said that Arshavin would not necessarily come, "It is not true that the newspaper said that he had flown to Blackburn, but we are not far from finalizing the details." Wait until midnight next Monday to find out. ”

On 2 February, Zenit spokesman Petrov confirmed that the transfer was not successful, "We and Blackburn have a big disagreement on the transfer fee. ”

Eventually, Arthur interrupted his vacation trip and returned to Blackburn Rovers to bring the deal back to life. Blackburn agreed to raise the offer to £10 million, and Zenit didn't stick to the £12 million mark.

On February 3, AFP was the first to disclose that Arshavin moved to Blackburn Rovers for a transfer fee of £10 million. Arshavin himself also confirmed the successful transfer on his personal official website.

Zenit boss Advocaat also said in an interview with the Daily Mirror, "He's worth more than Blackburn are paying now." ”

Blackburn's efforts paid off, with the club agreeing an agreement with Zenit and Arshavin joining for a total of £10 million, making the Blues the only and most eye-catching signing in the winter.

And the reason why Blackburn, who was invincible before, was so tricky in this transfer to bring in Arshavin was only because Arthur received a call from one person - Putin.

At this time, Arthur did not really shine at this year's European Championship like his predecessor, Arthur thought that bringing in Arshavin for £5 million was not too much of a problem at all, so he went to the warm Miami for a holiday, but in the end they paid £10 million to complete the deal.

As for the specific reason, what is the specific reason?

It was because Putin personally made a phone call to Arthur.

Because Zenit was Putin's favorite club as a child, and at the same time Zenit is owned by Gazprom OJC, which is managed by the government of the Russian Federation. Putin's phone call only made Arthur abandon the results of Monchi's series of efforts, and finally brought in Arshavin at a premium of 10 million pounds.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to Putin's strength, Arthur's agent Smith also impressed Arthur and made him pay 10 million pounds to bring in Arshavin.

As the winter transfer window approached to close, there was a £1 million disagreement between the two clubs over the transfer of Arshavin, and Smith eventually had to pay the £1 million himself to get the deal done.

Although in the end, the 1 million Arthur still let the club return to Smith, but Smith's behavior moved Arthur - after all, compared with Arthur's net worth of tens of billions of dollars, Smith's performance as a multimillionaire at best is great.

Although Arthur's transfer fee was twice as high as Arthur's expectation because of Putin's involvement, Arthur knew that the deal would definitely not be a loss.

In his previous life, Arshavin made 144 appearances for Arsenal in 2009, scoring 31 goals, including a quadruple against Liverpool.

Although Arshavin's prime was short, Arthur could have enjoyed his peak for a season or two before selling him to another team.

For example, Chelsea, whose owner is also Russian, and Arsenal, which the head coach has loved for a long time, such as Barcelona, which is Arshavin's beloved......

After strengthening Arshavin, Arthur is aiming for more than just the Premier League this season. (To be continued.) )