Andrey Arshavin says selling players cost Arsenal silverware.

The Russian didn't win a single trophy during his four-year stint in North London, coming closest in the League Cup final loss to Birmingham City in 2011.

And the star forward has blamed the club selling a number of stars in consecutive seasons, including Cesc Fabregas, Samir Nasri and Robin van Persie.

He told 888Sport: "My only regret is that I didn't win trophies with Arsenal. Especially that League Cup final against Birmingham who were relegated after. Even that final we lost.

"The problem was that every year we would lose players. First Samir Nasri, then Cesc, than Robin van Persie.

"If we could have kept that squad for two or three years it would have been different, I guess."