""As a Barcelona fan, I hope Arbeloa fails," Arshavin said, bluntly and without hesitation."
""The key is connecting with the players, not drawing up systems," he added, pointing to what he felt Xabi Alonso struggled to achieve before his exit from the Bernabéu."
""I wouldn't play for Madrid for all the money in the world," he in his playing days, calling the club "a complete taboo.""
""Every Real Madrid defeat is like a balm for my heart.""
Andrey Arshavin openly supports Barcelona and hopes Álvaro Arbeloa fails. Arshavin values emotional connection with players over tactical systems and criticizes Xabi Alonso's inability to connect at Real Madrid. Arshavin finds Real Madrid's La Liga performances puzzling and believes Barcelona should lead by a wider margin. He provoked reactions by entering a Real Madrid store wearing a Barcelona shirt with his name shortly after a Clásico defeat. During his playing career, Arshavin rejected the idea of joining Real Madrid, calling the club a 'complete taboo'. He also described Real Madrid defeats as 'a balm for my heart'.
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