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I can only hope that January will bring changes in my life. Naturally, I mean moving clubs. My agents are coming to London this week to negotiate it.
I have never had such a black period in my life, Russia's failure was a continuation of a catastrophic 2009. I only sit on the bench for my club and now it did not work for the national team, either.
He [Arshavin] is very down
If you care, you are down. Arshavin is Russia's captain, he is 29 and at the next World Cup he will be 33. He is a tough boy. He is mentally OK, but he is down and is still disappointed for his country.