Match of the Day Magazine

Arshavin: Bonkers

Bez 10th May 2012

Who do you turn to when you need to know how to get through life without making a pig’s ear of it and ending up living in a garden shed, existing entirely on a diet of cheesy Wotsits? Your Mum? A teacher? Your Great Uncle Felix? Wrong, wrong, wrong, bloggers.

You go straight to cheeky Russian scamp and Arsenal megaman Andrey Arshavin. That's right, I've been out interviewing the world’s second most famous Russian – behind Aleksandr the Meerkat, obviously – and, especially for you, I asked him how to live life Andrey-style.

As it turns out, Andrey is absolutely bonkers. Don't believe me? Well check this out! His advice on getting girls to fancy you? "Kick them or pull their hair!" What makes the best pet? "Dogs, not cats. They’re too much like foxes!" If that doesn't prove he's crackers, how about this? When he rocked up to meet me, it was 6pm and the only thing he’d eaten all day was a packet of crisps!

I just wish I’d asked him what flavour they were. Probably pickled meerkat!

Read my interview with Andrey Arshavin in Match of the Day magazine, coming soon!