Zenit playing hardball with Arsenal on Arshavin fee

ZENIT St Petersburg remain determined to stand firm on their asking price as Arsenal continue their pursuit of Andrei Arshavin.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger was hoping to complete a deal for the Russian playmaker ahead of the FA Cup fourth-round trip to Cardiff.

However, any plans to blood the new signing at Ninian Park on Sunday look to have been scuppered as Zenit will not budge from their demand for £20 million (€21.4m) for the player.