Football commentator Gennady Orlov considers Andrey Arshavin, the former striker of the Russian national team, the best football player in the history of the country.
“I see him as the strongest Russian football player in history. He also played for Arsenal, scored four goals against Liverpool and was a key figure in the Russian national team at Euro 2008.
Yes, Kanchelskis spent several seasons with Ferguson at Manchester United. In Porto, under the leadership of Mourinho, Alenichev became the champion of the Champions League. But I still put Arshavin higher technically, in terms of understanding football.
Arshavin was a more cunning player, a typical “ten”. Student of the Leningrad football school “Change”, – quoting Orlov “Sport Express”.
Arshavin, St. Petersburg “Zenith”, London “Arsenal”, “Kuban” and Kazakhstan “Kairat”.
For the Russian national team, the former football player made 74 matches and scored 17 goals.
It was previously reported that Arsenal. congratulated Happy birthday to Arshavin, but later deleted the message due to criticism from Ukrainian fans.