MOSCOW, January 30 (RIA Novosti) - Arsenal received on Friday a U.K. work permit for Andrei Arshavin as sources in Russia indicated a deal to bring the Russian international to north London had already been sealed.
There has however been no official confirmation of a successful conclusion to the protracted negotiations.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wegner has said that he expects the deal to be closed in the next 24 hours, Sky News reported. Sources in Russia said Arsenal would make an announcement on the signing of the 27-year-old in the "next few hours."
Sovetski Sport said earlier on Friday that Arshavin had agreed to pay back Zenit St. Petersburg half of a $5 million bonus he received for signing a 4-year contract in 2006 to ensure his move to Arsenal would go ahead.
The paper cited sources "close to the player." It is understood that the money would be added to the 15 million pounds [$21.5 million] that Arsenal have offered for the 27-year-old St. Petersburg native.
"The contract has only been half fulfilled, and therefore it is logical that he should return half of the sum to Zenit," the club's general director, Maxim Mitrofanov, told the paper on Wednesday.
这里说到了转会已经完成，就差官方没公布而已，而教授希望24小时内能完成。而俄罗斯的媒体就认为阿森纳将会在后几个小时内会正式发表声明。
也说到了，阿尔沙文愿意支付给泽尼特250万的赔偿费。
