Former AS Roma manager Luciano Spalletti has long been linked with Zenit St. Petersburg.

In partnership with Russian Football Now, EPL Talk presents the second episode of RNF's podcast.

An active week in papers sees former AS Roma manager Luciano Spalletti take an additional step toward the long-rumored more to Zenit.

Arshavin with some of the taller members of Arsenal's first teamArsenal's Arshavin out but Rosicky, Walcott on way backArsenal's Russian midfielder Andrei Arshavin will miss their next three matches after aggravating a groin injury on World Cup duty this week, his club manager Arsene Wenger said on Thursday.

Russian star puts his foot down!

Even in imposing a vow of silence, the Arshavins can create headlines.

Andrey's wife, Yulia, was in trouble earlier this year for claiming that English people were 'too reserved', the country was 'dull' and the food was sub-standard.

The matches to watch after you realize Andrei Arshavin is physically incapable of not making goofy faces. Or looking like a 12-year-old.

Saturday

Wigan v Chelsea at DW Stadium Coming off a 4-0 loss to Arsenal, Wigan are looking to take on the impossible challenge of stealing points off Carlo Ancelotti's still perfect reign at Chelsea.

Andrei Arshavin is the latest injury casualty coming out of the international break as the Premier League sets to resume this weekend.
The Russian superstar aggravated a groin injury playing for Russia against Wales.
Arsenal, however, may be able to replace Arshavin with Czech midfielder Tomas Rosicky - who could return from injury to slot into the Gunners' midfield.

So the old Club vs Country debate is back in the news again, as Arsene Wenger was in an irritable mood regarding Andrei Arshavin's appearance for Russia against Wales on Wednesday. The Arsenal midfielder has a groin problem, which he picked up when his club took on Man United a couple of weeks ago and [.

Russian side want Andrey back, but they can't have him!

Zenit St Petersburg have announced their intentions to lure former star Andrey Arshavin away from Arsenal and back to Russia after a huge financial injection from billionaire gas giants, Gazprom.

Global fuel providers, Gazprom, have decided to substantially increase their investment in the 2008 UEFA Cup winners in an attempt to create a European super-force to compete with the like of Manchester United, Barcelona, and Real Madrid.

Being an Arsenal blog, and unable to review books like A Cultured Left Foot does so well due to family and university commitments, there is not much in the way of reviewable media. That all changed this week as Arsenal Station received a copy of "The Gooner Review" DVD. I had seen the trailer and was really looking forward to seeing what the filmmakers had done.

At the weekend we discussed accusations of Serie A referees favoring bigger clubs and now we have similar accusations of French referees favoring French clubs in the Champions League. Well, not actual French clubs, because their success in the Champions League would be far too suspicious. No, they're accused of favoring the one good club that's more French than Gerard Depardieu in a beret Arsenal.

For Premier League fans around the world, the last couple of weeks have been almost too painful to endure as something very important seems to have disappeared out of our lives. But with yet another international period finally in the books, we can once again look forward to the return of our most beloved brand of football this weekend.

They Think It's All Over... draws three conclusions from this week's European action.

Bendtner will miss the Olympiakos clash due to being in a car crash.

Arsenal vs Olympiakos

The Gunners will be keen to put the horrible start against Standard Liege behind them against Olympiakos on Tuesday. A solid 1-0 win has to give them confidence going in, especially in young Italian goalkeeper Vito Mannone made a series of spectacular stops against Fulham at the weekend.