Two out of the three parties wanted the deal: Tottenham Hotspur, and the player - Andrei Arshavin. The third though - Zenit St Petersburg were holding out for more money, a sum that the north London club failed to meet in time to recruit the player by the deadline of midnight on the 1st of September.
However, Denis Lachter - Arshavin's agent - believes the deal is still on, and the playmaking attacker may even be able to link up with Tottenham in the next transfer window to supplement their forward line.
"Zenit were not happy with the payment structure of the transfer fee over several years and the fact Tottenham resumed talks so late," Lachter is quoted by Setanta Sports as saying.
"They came back at the dawn of the closure of the Russian transfer window and that would not have left Zenit enough time to find a replacement," he said.
"However, [Zenit president, Alexander] Dyukov said that if Tottenham are still interested in buying Arshavin then we can revisit the subject when the winter transfer window opens in January."
Danny Alves, a £25million summer transfer, was favoured over Arshavin in the recent Uefa Super Cup. It was widely assumed by many that Alves would be Arshavin's replacement.
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