It wasn't even close. 76% of you voted for Andrei Arshavin in the poll while Robin van Persie was a distant second at 58%. To put it another way, the difference between 5th place and 2nd place was just over 10%. It's a comfortable win for the little Russian and here's why.

First, he had to overcome the negative press that those racists at Zenit were spewing in order to make themselves look like the better party in this deal.

You may not have heard the news that is screaming through the American soccer world right now, but Mr. Onyewu is suing an Andrelicht player for calling him a "monkey" three times during a playoff game. Onyewu reported that he told the referee but he took no action. He wanted to walk off the field but his teammates convinced him to stay.

Still nothing tangible to talk about transfer-wise, so here are the 2007-08 arrest figures for Premier League clubs:

Weren't we well behaved? There is some overlap. While no Spurs fans were arrested for violent disorder, four did throw missiles. Most racists: Spurs and Chelsea.

More racism in Italy.
Turns out Juventus fans were deriding Inter Milan striker Mario Balotelli. As a punishment, the Turin-based club will play a home game behind closed doors.
A Black Italian does not exist...
Just a sample of what the idiotic fans would chant at the 18 year old.

UEFA tightened up the rules a little bit and came out with some new guidelines for the next inevitable bouts of racist behavior in European football:

• Step 1: Have the PA announcer demand an end to it.
  
  
• Step 2: Pick up the ball and stop the game for 5-10 minutes and send the teams to the locker rooms.

Don't let Mario Balotelli's young age fool you. But this kid has the qualities that could become Italy's future football star. He could save Italy's slumping performance. Italy only went to the finals in 2006 World Cup because one Italian dived at the expense of Australia.

In his debut season in 2007-2008 for Inter Milan, Balotelli amassed three goals and three assists in 11 games.