Zenit St Petersburg midfielder Andrei Arshavin is on the brink of a move to Arsenal.

The Mirror says the 27-year-old playmaker arrived for talks with Gunners chiefs at London's Landmark hotel with his wife Yulia at lunchtime yesterday.

Arsene Wenger is ready to offer Arshavin a three-year deal as his club Zenit St Petersburg concede they can no longer command the unrealistic £20m they had been demanding with the player's desperation to quit the club so well documented.

Signing Arshavin for between £10-12 million will finally appease frustrated Arsenal fans who had been angered by Wenger's stubborn loyalty to his youngsters and his refusal to dip into the millions available to him at the Emirates.