Arshavin: 'I once rode a horse bareback in the village'

Fasten your seat belts and get ready to enter into the peculiar head of footballer Andrei Arshavin. The Arsenal strikers’ official website is a pandora’s box of wackiness, thanks in part to the enlightening Q/A section…

Here’s a pick of the recent entries:

From STIM
Can A.A. jump out of my birthday cake?
Arshavin: It’s unlikely; I’m a football player, not a minstrel or a clown.

From aniram
Hi, do you like horses? Have you ever ridden them? If not, do you want to try? If you want to ask me something, feel free to do it
Arshavin: Actually, I once rode a horse bareback in the village. It was very slippery, I was a small boy then, I was barely holding its mane when suddenly it bolted and I almost fell into a pile of manure. After that, I never sat on the horse again.

From puzzle
Do you have a yellow rubber duck in your bathroom?
Arshavin: Yes, how do you know?

From Annushka
Andrey, you have become a big discovery for my family and me Having watched you play, we have decided that you resemble a hunting fox Nice to see such an exciting game!
Arshavin: My friend Sergey Migitsko calls me a Sly Fox for some reason.

From Yanusik
Andrey, how can one talk to you personally?
Arshavin: Hi.

From puzzle
Sorry for such a tactless question but what color is your favorite underwear?
PS: Just answer me please even if this question has been asked before ‘cause I really need to know!
Arshavin: I don’t have any particular men’s underwear color preferences. But one thing I can tell you for sure, you won’t find G-strings in my wardrobe

From Leizar
Did you often fight as a child, if so, who usually won, were you apprehensive about fighting a taller opponent?
Arshavin: I received a lot of blows in fights as a kid, but I tried not to give up in any fight with any opponent. I remember a huge FC “Svetlana” defender who was playing against me, we were always squabbling. Now, we are on good terms and when we come across each other sometimes we remember those times.

From devo4ka
I had a dream tonight and for some reason, your face was all covered in freckles! My question is: do you have freckles? If you do, do you always have them or they just appear in the springtime?
Arshavin: Perhaps it was a color dream, where there was a lot of sun, because I have freckles only when I sunbathe a lot.

From chesnaj
Andrey, would you like to take part in some TV show? (For example “Dancing on Ice”)?
Arshavin: If I took part in this show, it should be renamed “A Cow on Ice”.

Hi Andrey!
It’s not a secret that sometimes different «skirmishes» happen between fans of different teams … What do you think about it? Do you disapprove of it or you think that it is a part of modern football? And another question what would you do if you were put on a desert island? Thanks in advance!
Arshavin: I think that all fans have mothers and close friends. They wouldn’t want smashed heads, broken noses, arms or legs. There is a lot of original ways to support your team or to mock the fans of the other teams; sometimes a word can have a stronger impact. There are many interesting ideas, banners for example… If I was put on a desert island, I would die of boredom.