Summary
ARSENAL were heading into a major transfer storm last night after Andrei Arshavin completed his Pounds 12million move almost 24 hours after the January deadline.
The Premier League and Football Association finally gave the green light to the deal at 4.52pm yesterday, insisting that 'everything was in order'. But Sportsmail understands the hold-up was caused by two key problems with the deal -- Zenit St Petersburg's failure to submit their paperwork to the FA before Monday's 5pm deadline and what was described by one official as a 'slight issue' with the paperwork submitted by Arsenal to the FA.See the full content of this document
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Arshavin Storm Is Brewing ; Deal Is Done 24 Hours Late
Ivan Gazidis, the new Arsenal chief executive, insisted that they did at least submit their documents on time. But he did admit that, when it comes to...
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