Russian superstar Andrey Arshavin is clearly a man
of the world - and a man of many words. In fact, the
Gunners’ scoring machine can’t keep his month shut, and has at
various points in his career shared with the world his view on the
important stuff in life. Like, women. And the
French.
Here's the pick of the wit and wisdom of Andrey
Arshavin:
On women
“If I had it in my power to
introduce a ban on women driving cars and to withdraw all their
licences, I would do it without thinking twice.”
“In my opinion a woman and a man are two absolutely different
creatures.”
“I like tall, slim girls with narrow thighs and tiny bums. If a
girl is like this I do not pay attention to her breasts. Hair
colour doesn’t matter either. What is really important is her style
and manners.”
“I dislike women who smoke - and lie.”
On foreigners
“Today I was sitting in the
[Arsenal] changing room and it was all French - now that's a
language I have a lot of problems with. But I hope we will get over
the language barrier and everything else very quickly.”
On fashion
“When I was 17 I wanted to study - but not at a sports institute.
My friends recommended the University of Technology and Design. I
spent eight years there, and now I have a diploma in fashion
design. It wasn't easy, but my teachers gave me fantastic support.
They always made an effort to help me. They enabled me to graduate
successfully”
Apparently he chose fashion because "there would be lots of
girls" on the course
On fame
“When I was moving from the youth
team to the regular squad, people would often ask me: 'Do you have
ambitions of being star'?’ That annoyed me. One time I said: 'No, I
was born a star.' That was the last time anyone asked that
question.”
On being different
“I'm not afraid of
going against the grain. I've learned to speak my mind. I'm
different. But I'm not trying to be eccentric. I always do what my
inner voice tells me.”
On goalkeeping
When asked his opinion of
then England goalkeeper Paul Robinson, Andrey replied: "Not
the strongest representative of his profession".
