St. PETERSBURG, April 12, Sergey Yaremenko. Zenit St. Petersburg midfielder » Claudinho said in an interview that he followed Andrei Arshavin when he played for London's Arsenal, and sometimes took him to his team while playing computer football. UEFA Cup winner and three-time Russian champion in Zenit Arshavin played for Arsenal from 2009 to 2013. He now holds the post of Deputy General Director of Zenith for sports development. Claudinho moved to Zenit in August 2021. This season, the Brazilian scored 7 goals in 18 matches of the Russian championship. The midfielder also scored 2 goals in six Champions League games. «Well, of course I know Arshavin — I watched a lot of games with him when he played at Arsenal, even played for him in a football simulator! He was a fantastic football player, a real legend, a hard worker , who could close any position in the attacking line. I admired his game,» Claudinho said. «In fact, we did not communicate (with Arshavin), because I do not understand Russian, but we saw each other at Zenit several times already — and they are always very pleasant meetings,» Claudinho said.
