Arshavin in Barca plea

Barcelona is the favoured destination of Zenit St Petersburg’s Andrei Arshavin with the player issuing a come and get me plea.

The Russian international has been given permission to talk to other interested and he made it clear where he would like a move to.

“Stoichkov, Romario, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho were all my idols when I was growing up, all the players of Barcelona of whom I was a fan as I liked there style,” he said.

The 27-year-old striker has been linked with several clubs in Spain and England and is likely to move in January.