Premiership giants Arsenal and Chelsea must break the bank if they're to sign Zenit St Petersburg midfielder Andrei Arshavin.

A spokesman for Zenit has upped the ante today by claiming it will take £24million to prise Arshavin, who starred for his country at Euro 2008, from the UEFA cup holders.

"We have had only one firm offer for Andrei and that came from Barcelona," said Pavel Pivovarov, head of administrative and legal affairs for Zenit, at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

"We have not accepted it but if they double it, we would consider selling."