Arsene Wenger: Arshavin is still an Arsenal player, he just needs to regain confidence

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has denied reports suggesting that Russian midfielder Andrey Arshavin, on loan at Zenit, is gone from London for good.

«First of all, things have not ended because he is still our player, he is only out on loan,» Wenger insisted in an interview to Arsenal’s official website.

«I just felt he needed to play. When you are 30 and you do not play regularly, you drop your form and when you come on every time you have to produce something special. At that age it is very difficult. I felt he just needed a bit of confidence to play again,» the Frenchman added.