Ex-captain "Arsenal" advised Arshavin to play for "Valencia"

The former defender of the London Arsenal Tony Adams in an interview with the Rain TV channel shared his opinion on the midfielder Andrei Arshavina.

“He really had problems in Arsenal, but he began as a super -game. He spent the first season brilliantly. I think that Arshavin got to Wenger too late. I don’t think that the craving for self -improvement is the quality that all Russian players can be proud of.

If Arshavin was brought up at the Armenian Academy of Arsenal, then he would become the best player in the world. You need to develop children's and youth academies in Russia. If you want to receive world -class players at home, then you will not succeed: they all want to leave to train at the football academy abroad. Arshavin came to London at 28, he has a lot of money. This is difficult not only for Russians - for everyone.

Andrey is a creative player. It seems to me that he needs to try himself in Spain. That championship suits him more, the games in it are not so intense, there you need to play more tactical football. It seems to me that he could find his use exactly there. In Valencia, for example. "

Recall that the Russian contract with Arsenal expires in the summer, Arshavin will leave the club with a free agent. The future club of a football player is not yet known.