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By Richard Clarke
Arsène Wenger has remained tight-lipped amid rumours he is closing in on Andrei Arshavin.
The English newspapers have been linking the Russian playmaker with a move to Arsenal throughout this week. But at his press conference on Friday, Wenger let nothing slip.
“The situation from Arsenal's perspective is to keep everything quiet and secret and not to talk too much,” he said.
“I think tactically the selling club is always more interested to get things public than the buying club. I cannot confirm or deny anything.”
Speculation has been pouring through the transfer window even before it opened on New Year’s Day. However, despite a couple of big-money moves, Wenger believes most of the rumours have been hot air.
“It’s like every January,” he said. “In December everybody becomes absolutely agitated and thinks on January 1 players will move from everywhere.
“At the moment we are seeing what we see every year, a very quiet transfer market.
"There is not a lot of money. If you look at the financial situation of the English clubs you will understand very quickly why most of them are quiet.”
[Friday, January 09, 2009]
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