Arshavin's roots are in St Petersburg, a city he loves and misses greatly. He grew up in a Soviet-style communal flat, three families with one room each but a shared bathroom and kitchen. It has been painted as a life of grinding poverty, sleeping on floors, but Arshavin says he was comfortable. 'I knew nothing else.'
His life improved when he became a full-time player at Zenit (making his debut at Valley Parade, of all places, against Bradford City in the Intertoto Cup) and began receiving his wages in hard cash. His love of his homeland is pervasive but, since the age of 11, the spirit of his football has been housed at the Nou Camp, Barcelona.
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