Eurosport - Mon, 16 Feb 13:31:00 2009
Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner has claimed that he has never seen new signing Andrei Arshavin play and that he should be the first name on the team sheet.
Arshavin signed for Arsenal on transfer-deadline day after leading Zenit St Petersburg to the UEFA Cup and starring in Russia's run to the European Championship semi-finals.
The 27-year-old had been linked with several top European clubs and his signing was viewed as something of a coup in North London.
But Bendtner does not know what the fuss is all about.
"I've never seen Arshavin," he claimed. "I did not watch Euro 2008.
"I've no idea what sort of player he is."
Bendtner, 21, is viewed as back-up to Emmanuel Adebayor, Robin van Persie and the recovering Eduardo, yet he is convinced that he is a key player for the Gunners.
"I'm very sorry to see Adebayor injured as we need him fit and to be playing in the league," the Dane told the Daily Mirror.
"But to me it does not really matter who is fit and available.
"I should start every game, I should be playing every minute of every match and always be in the team."
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this guy is more rediculous than having blood pudding before a match. i dont even put this lil @#$% on the bench in fifa 09 haa "nicklas bendentner" you miss sitters on the goal line haaa
this guy is more rediculous than having blood pudding before a match. i dont even put this lil @#$% on the bench in fifa 09 haa "nicklas bendentner" you miss sitters on the goal line haaa
only Nasri is allowed to say such things,Nick is stupid
elnino comment #119 well put a footballer living in Europe and does not watch a Euro tournament that comes around once every four years LOL...
this guy should go back to leicester and play regular football in the championship
Bendtner is a typical Denish man who thinks he is blondy he is the leader @#$% that no1 likes Bendtner he is arrogant and Facist Viva Arshavin and welcome back Edu Bendtner is cheap and he almost got sent off with two reckless tackles, he must go and he may take Eboue with him to polish is pink boots, its sad that he misses chance after cahnce and he wants to say he is good he is crab and arrogant definitly a goonner bye bye bentley bye bye bendtner their are so alike.. big heads non consinstency
THE FIRST THOUGHT THAT STRUCK ME ABOUT THIS COMMENT BY BENDTNER WAS WHETHER ITS TRUE HE SAID THIS. ARSENE WENGER HAS ALWAYS PRAISED HIS PLAYERS AS BEING INTELLIGENT EVEN THOUGH ONE HAS ALWAYS HAD DOUBTS ABOUT SOME OF THEM NOTABLY ADEBAYOR, BENDTNER AND EBOUE.THIS HAS ONLY CONFIRMED ONES OPINION ABOUT THIS BRASH AND SELF-OPINIONATED YOUNG MAN.
tHE FIRST THOUGHT THAT STRUCK ME ABOUT THIS COMMENT BY BENDTNER WAS WHETHER ITS TRUE HE SAID THIS. ARSENE WENGER HAS ALWAYS PRAISED HIS PLAYERS AS BEING INTELLIGENT EVEN THOUGH ONE HAS ALWAYS HAD DOUBTS ABOUT SOME OF THEM NOTABLY ADEBAYOR, BENDTNER AND EBOUE.THIS HAS ONLY CONFIRMED ONES OPINION ABOUT THIS BRASH AND SELF-OPINIONATED YOUNG MAN.
who cares
Bendtner is @#$%, get son my nerves and should find another club like yesterday. Please Wenger get rid off this muppet.
Sorry NICK I rate you as a player for the future but you seem not to have any. It seems
you are so jelous to face competion from real footballers. You are definitely up there in a big dream, i hope you wake up soon when you fall. So Adebayor was right
Imagine the nerve ! Bendtner should count himself lucky if he remains an arsenal player next season.
112. your statement "The guy should be playing in the Championship and no higher. He misses chance after chance".... if we're talking about goals per chances, surely the same can be said for adebayor. how many chances does he miss in a game?... I wonder how their goals = per minutes on the pitch or goals = per chance ratios compare. I know bendtner is not the sort of flair player you expect to see in an arsenal shirt, but thats exactly why hes worth having around. when we're playing a team that our "stars" cant break down its handy to have a big fella to bring on to give us a different option, someone who can get on the end of a corner or a cross ..... I know his a @#$% and never does the buisness when he starts a game, but when we desperately need a goal hes proved a handy bloke to have around on more than one occasion.
what on earth gives Mr BEd-near the courage to say things like these to the press. Well not his fault. Instead of consentrating on improving his game he is busy running mouth. well incase u don;t know, Arshavin is that pra.yer that gave arsen, arsenal + board members sleepless night(s). the only player that was signed after tranfer deadline. the special 1(arsenal's). the one that has come to teach u particularly how to play football.
i cant beleive how full of himself bendtner really is, the guy wears pink boots for god sake, this player wouldnt even be in fergies reserves!!! if bendtner done more talkin with his feet on the pitch than he does with his mouth off it then aresnal wudnt b in such a mess this season. true he is a decent player, but no was should he be in the starting 11 all the time, no player deserves that right, he must earn it, and if he continues with this sort of talk then arsenal's poor season will continue. Arshavin was a joy to watch in the euros, he may well struggle at the beginning but he will fit in well, bendtner on the other hand has alot to learn about football, only talk the talk when u can walk the walk.
he is just jealous of his talent coz he can't play
Im a pool fan n i respect Arsenal ...BUT bendter is really stupid /fool/deluded( u decide) ...how can a player says "I didn't watch the euro what the fu-ck u were doin?? playin' play station ???
Ha Ha Ha sarkeyshaun
Why dont you get a life and a woman, you @#$%
you are obsessed with the gunners
All you can do is moan about arshavin.
get out more
OOOO TOO BE A GOONER
i will believe if arshavin says= 'i've never seen bendtner'
He's right about one thing Arshavin ain't all that but no way should he start every game
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