New Arsenal signing Andrei Arshavin admits he's a dress maker!

The former Zenit St Petersburg star revealed: "When I turned 17, I had to choose which university to attend. My friends and I decided to try for the technology and design institute because there were lots of girls among the students and you didn't have to study too hard, or so we thought. I enrolled in the chemical technology department.

"But when I began training with Zenit I had to miss a lot of classes. I transferred to the clothes design department. I have designed several garments myself."

Arshavin and his wife Yulia have a son, Artyom, three, and a nine-month-old daughter Alina. The Russian is believed to have helped convince his wife to move to London during a number of visits to the capital.