3 Points- Arshavin to Arsenal? You Bet Your Arse!

1. Well, maybe, maybe not. It's complicated. First off, if you don't know who Andrei Arshavin is, then you didn't watch Euro 2008. Arshavin led Russia to a surprising semi-final spot, and was named to the all-tournament team. He currently plays in Russia for Zenit St. Petersburg, Russian champs but a club that made a disappointing showing in the group stage of the Champions League. Zenit says Arshavin is worth 18 million pounds, and won't sell him for any less than that, and Arsenal is balking at that price. Arshavin wants badly to go to Arsenal, though, and he and his agent have now stated they will buyout his Zenit contract if the club refuses to sell it to Arsenal.

2. Didier Drogba, who has been benched ever since Chelsea's 3-0 loss to Man U a couple of weeks ago, has very cautiously told a French newspaper that he would be very happy to return to Olympique Marseille, the Ligue 1 club he scored 33 goals in 55 matches for during the 2003-2004 season.

He loves France and France loves him, but if he's going to go play in Ligue 1 he may as well be playing on the moon, because nobody cares about Ligue 1 outside of France, because just about every game ends 0-0.

3. Real Madrid has been fined a whopping 3000 Euros, ($3900 USD) as punishment for a group of its fans chanting about how swell they think Fascism and gas chambers are during a match against Osasuna. Wow, almost 4 thousand dollars. That's pretty stiff. I guess they may not be able to afford to buy Kaka now.

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
TOP 5 (PTS/GP/GD)
1. Man U 47/21/+24
2. Liverpool 47/22/+22
3. Chelsea 45/22/+29
4. Villa 44/22/+13
5. Arsenal 41/22/+13

BOTTOM 5
16. Spurs 21/22/-6
17. Rovers 21/21/-11
18. Boro 21/22/-15
19. Stoke 21/22/-16
20. West Brom 21/22/-17

LEADING SCORERS
1. Nicolas Anelka, Chelsea, 14
2. Robinho, Man City, 11
3. Amr Zaki, Wigan, 10
4. Steven Gerrard, Liverpool, 9
4. Frank Lampard, Chelsea, 9
4. Gabriel Agbonlahor, Villa, 9

LIGUE 1
TOP 5
1. Lyon 42/21/+13
2. Bordeaux 41/21/+17
3. Marseille 38/21/+13
4. Rennes 37/21/+11
5. Toulouse 37/21/+8

BOTTOM 5
16. Auxerre 20/21/-9
17. St. Etienne 20/21/-14
18. Sochaux 17/21/-7
19. Valenciennes 16/20/-9
20. Le Havre 12/21/-23

LEADING SCORERS
1. Andre Pierre Gignac, Toulouse, 13
2. Fernando Cavenaghi, Bordeaux 12
2. Guillaume Hoarau, PSG, 12
4. Karim Benzema, Lyon, 10
5. Michel Fernandes Bastos, Lille, 9