Dmitry Svishchev, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports, reacted to London Arsenal’s decision to remove Andrei Arshavin’s birthday greetings from social networks due to criticism from Ukrainian fans.
“Madness knows no bounds. Believe me, most Brits don’t care what’s going on right now. Of course there are provocateurs everywhere. Now they got to England before football.
I agree to congratulate Arshavin. He has done a lot for both Russian football and English football,” he said. “Sport Express”.
On 29 May, the London club released a video of Arshavin’s goals against Liverpool in 2009 in honor of his birthday. Then he designed poker at the Anfield stadium. However, Arsenal deleted the message as Ukrainian fans began to voice their anger.
Arshavin played for Arsenal from 2009 to 2013, making a total of 144 games for the team and scoring 31 goals.
formerly Arshavin ConfessedHis former teammates at Arsenal did not celebrate his birthday.
Source: Gazeta
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