Nasri saw Arsenal as 'springboard' to 'bigger' European side
Samir Nasri is expected to join Manchester City in the next 24 hours, and while the Frenchman triples his salary by moving up North, reports in France today have claimed that he has always seen Arsenal as a springboard to a bigger European side.
The former Marseille midfielder, who has less than year left on his existing deal, rejected Arsenal’s £90,000-a-week contract offer several weeks ago, which immediately alerted Premier League rivals City – who are currently on the verge of finalising a £22million transfer for the 24-year-old.
According to respected French news outlet Le Parisien, Nasri has always regarded Arsenal as a ‘springboard to a bigger club’ since arriving in North London three years ago. The newspaper reports that Nasri wanted to ‘make a name for himself on the continental stage’ and then ‘leave quickly’.
However, Nasri met up with QPR star and close friend Adel Taarabt last week, where he told the Moroccan starlet that Manchester City weren’t his ‘first choice’ and he has always ‘dreamed’ of a move to ‘Barcelona, Manchester United or Real Madrid’. The report goes on to say that City’s £200,000-a-week contract offer was too good to refuse for Nasri, who believes the Sky Blues offer a ‘better’ chance of winning silverware than Arsenal.
Talks between City and Arsenal are still continuing, although various journalists have suggested that the transfer will be done and dusted before Arsenal’s Premier League clash with Liverpool on Saturday.
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Because Man City are a huge European club. The move just smacks of greed – particularly considering United were apparently in for him. From a footballing point of view, i don’t think many would pick City over United.
If it’s true then it’s a lesson for Wenger. Sell Nasri and move to Marvin Martin who is about to enter his peak-age . He would be a massive asset for us and at. Least Samir would sttay out for the French nationa team once again.
City won more trophies than Arsenal in the last 7yrs. Would you rather play with Aguero or Diaby? Be honest.
That is like choosing to be a team mate of Rosicky instead of Messi.
Once our Samir is finished at the Etihad (catchy name for a stadium that) perhaps he will move to Inverness Caledonian Thistle or Hamilton Academicals. Both are far “bigger” names than Man City.
How is leaving for Manchester City going to a bigger European side? Samir Nasri is leaving for the 180K per week and frankly I don’t blame him. The blame for that lies with Arsenal’s crazy wages structure. City’s transfer activity also means that they are putting together a lot of potential in the team but I have my doubts if Nasri thinks City are currently a bigger team than Arsenal.
nasri was always going to replace fabregas till a huge offer land on his laps an offer that has been describe as once a life time one by nasris entourage because according to them he was going to sign a new one at AFC.the only blame here is that the board waited to long as they could do so in chrismas time.ps man city bigger club?u having a laugh?
Man City will be considered a big club until the financial fair play rules make it so they can’t play in the Champions League. If, and that’s a big if, the ffp rules are really enforced, there’s no way they will be able to break even.
@bob: Yes name means UNITED HA HA
I don’t know why anyone is that bothered about him leaving.
He’s had 6 good months in 3 years. It’s a good deal all round, he gets to triple his wages, we get almost double our money back on him (despite only having a year left on his deal) and City get a decent player.
Im more than happy for him to move on. I’m not bitter about it i’m at that stage where I really dont care either way, but we need to reinvest the money, but can we honestly see Wenger gettign a ready made replacement???
Well, I always thought that the reason why AW always went for French players was because he felt he could trust and relate to them better. Well, this seems like a wake-up call, you could be srewed over by anyone … even someone from your hometown. Human beings are capable of doing right and wrong, loyalty like most human emotions can switch.
@Salsa:Would you rather play with Lescott or Vermaelen? Easy to manipulate it if you pick one team’s best player and one team’s worst.
Please what is wrong with that.
i will never turn down a bigger salary
if i have to work somewhere to get noticed, i will
End of.
Samir you´re a cunt !
The blame is not on nasri,its on arsenal wage structure,you pay ur first eleven regular starter what bench warmers of other less signifacant clubs pay and you expect them to be happy and finally the boss ehm wenger wont also bring in players of guarantied quality to win trofies and you say ur best players are leaving,its only a mata of time when,willshere and van persie will trow in a transfer request and the team will be doomed of their glory,wenger should wake up and make arsenal great again.gunners 4 life
Man city have more money than us but thats it.They have no european record like us,aint steeped in massive history and tradition like us,have a very small roll of honour unlike ours which is 3rd best in england by quite some distance and have an average fan base unlike us.Now then mr turn coat traitor nasri are you saying your joining a bigger club than the Arsenal because we dont buy that shit you greedy,cowardly so and so.Truth is this says a lot about you the man,the person,the character.You owed Arsene,Arsenal and the fans another contract so shame on you.You will never reach the heights of henry,vieira,cesc and others that have put the shirt on with pride and will always be remembered and adored in north london for their class and affection for the mighty Arsenal.On your bike samir you dont want us and we feel the same.You also had the cheek to say you were hurt and felt very bitter because the crowd give you a little stick the other day.You pissed all over that traveling support and our club by treating us and your french manager like shit when we needed you most so we dont buy your crap statements.Hopefully though we will buy someone unlike you who has class in everyway.
Yeah right, he’d really be struggling on 110, 000 a week from us. The greed of these players is breath taking.
@Salsa:
or who would you rather play with? van persie or barry?
bad comparison mate
I dont care one bit about what he is saying, to a certain point it is the truth and Arsenal profit very well from being a springboard club. I just think we signed experience players who are closer to 30 than 20 they would be less likely to leave and be more settled. Even is Nasri stayed we would be doomed this season. Wenger will not sign anyone everyone knows it, he will make his excuses about being priced out of all the deals and we will finish 6th-7th if we are lucky. role on next season
it’s different for the man (or woman) in the street – if I was offered to double my wages by someone to do the same job I would do it. For arguments sake, £80k a YEARinstead of £40k a YEAR would mean a significant improvement in my living standards.
However, anyone on £60k a WEEK (offered £90k a WEEK) who leaves for more money is plainly greedy. There’s only so much you can spend it on at that level. Career earnings in excess of £50 million pounds if he stayed at Arsenal is clearly not enough for him to get by on.
if you earn £110,000 a YEAR you’ve got an unbelievable job. Half that is a really good salary a year.
Greedy greedy greedy. He’ll end up like Hleb, just watch. Personally, I cant see him displacing David Silva anyway, hes the one we should have bought in the first place!
Sean, totally agree with what you said earlier, the sooner he moves on the better it will be for the team as a whole.
Totaly agree with you MIDS!!The supporters should point their finger at Wenger and the board..the wage structur at the club is a joke! Cecs is a average player at Barca and a super star at Arsenal should tell u a lot where we stand!!
i wonder why people compare working in a company to playing football. the 2 scenarios are different from each other because in a company you work in a closed confinement and you write application to a company where you think you might get a better pay. in football, you play in an open situation where everyone gets to see the talent you posses. but when the crazy money bags come waiving their cash filled hands at you, you have to think twice. Nasri should know that next season citeh would buy more players which would mean a tactical change(boateng can testify, milner too is a living witness) look at barcelona, affelay would tell you he’s not having the best of careers, then why the hell did these players make those stupid moves, you ask yourself? money is not everything nasri, you only made sense for six months and your agent is making you feel you have arrived. citeh would not be so patient like arsenal i tell you. think before you make the switch is my candid advice
Can we get Marcelo on loan for the Citeh games this season?
Get over it!!! No player is bigger than the club(ink. Wenger)And when wenger talks about unity,what the hell is he saying? WE THE ARSENAL ARE UNITED AGAINT YOU(WENGER) and you will lose!!
Hey mr bolaji,let the cunt go,why bother with someone greedy as samir,in no time he’ll come to realise that money and bench warmer are a different preposition.good riddance to bad rubbish is my motto.we are better of without him,mark my words for it,mate
Nasir thought that he has achieve everything that he need to be a best player, let me remind him of Alex Hleb who is far better than him is moving from one club to another without any permanent club..let him go i know he wil regret his action very soon
NO, let me tell you what Nasri saw, he saw a sinking ship, spearhaded by our great captain wenger. Star players being sold of yera after year, average players being retained, injry prone players being kept on, and he also saw man citys money and ambition. While wenger dithers and sells the clubbs assets every yera for profitsother teams get stronger. Wenger has bought oxlade, jenkinson,campbell for future sale profits its as simple as that. If this man was seriuos about winnign any trophy how can he even retain squillaci,andjorou,diaby,chamack,gibbs,rosicky in the squad. Wenger knows about resale value and thats it, his found a niche in the market, he even said it himself in the interview ” when other clubs scoutail to find talent, they coem to us to get them”. This says it all. He has found a lucrative niche in the market, and himself and the board see the huge resale values of future 17 year old kids its as simple as that, he retains squillaci meras a token gesture and other mediocre players.
Him and the board have totally lost their marbles, and I for one will e happy to get rid of the lot of them. It wont happen though as Peter hillwod sees the fans as his loyal subjects and we are here tolaud and bow to him , its as simple as that.
Nasri’s eyes lit up when he saw the fantastic pay packet we are giving him – his talent deserves a major footballing superpower in Europe and not some tin pot club in North London. I bet he has dreamt of playing for a big club during the years he has wasted at the Emirates. Within two years, he will claim the Premier League title , within three the Champions League title and within four total dominination.Enjoy the Europa in May Arsenal while Nasri claims us Premier League and Champions League glory.
Yours,
TrueBlue
These agents really incite these moves through their players which is no exception in Nasri’s case considering how his agent wasn’t even happy with Nasri’s deal with Arsenal 3yrs back cos he was hoping for a 20mill plus deal frm Real Madrid (whose interest waned after a fairly average season by Marseille). All i can say is Arsenal struck a good deal for a player wit one yr left but a wrong footballing choice by Nasri
@jrock:
are you thick? Have you evenr ead about all the ways variuos clubs are goign about avoiding the so called fair play rules. jesus christ only in someones small brain wihey kepe thinking that these so called rules will give a level playing field. Man city renamed their whole stadium rights ffs for £500 million guranteeing man city something liek £60 million every transfer summer or soemthing liek that. You think these superclubs havnt already thought of ways to go around these rules. These are men and clubs with hundreds of millions and billions and you think that because some fat guy in eufa says these are the rules and thats it? Keep living in cloud fairy land. Arsenal dont even have to worry about these so called rules ffs, the club makes record profits year in year out, along with charging the highets ticket prices in world football, along with sales of star players every year, along with merchandise sale jesus christ we should be able to compete anyway.
Ter, learn how to write grammatically correct english. It might be an asset in life and it might help in having people take your views seriously.
I reserve judgement for after 31st august. there is still a lot waiting to happen, bendtner and almunia are to make moves… new players will be brought in. the centre back will be english dann/cahill/jagielka. I’m not a fan of any of them but they bring a bit of steal with them. jags and cahill are a bit injury prone though…
Patience people, support the gunners and leave these post invincibles era fans to moan and whinge!
At the end of the day, you can’t blame Nasri, anyone of us would likely do the same. Even in our every day lives we’re always looking for something better. We all expect players to have this “loyalty” to the club they play for but in reality it doesn’t really exist in every player, especially in this day and age. But I think where the fans are concerned, it’s a case of giving back as good as your receive. Nasri owes a heck of alot to Arsenal FC and Arsene Wenger for the opportunity given to him and for the experience he has gained. Perhaps Nasri feels that he has given back by having a good half season. What he fails to realise is that Arsenal have had to wait 3 years to see this return. We have tried to congratulate him with a wage increase but he has shunted it in favour of more money. Manchester City have a lot of promise but they have yet to prove themselves, but it would appear Nasri feels this is enough to justify turning his back on the club that made him the player he is. It’s a shame, but that’s football!
@ETaner92: This has nothing to do with football…its all about money…and there is NOTHING wrong with that. How many of you here will bulk at the chance to triple your salary in your one swoop? i thought so. While i think Arsenal are right to cash in on Nasri (24 mill for a player in the last year of his contract?…thank God for Idiots), I do Not begrudge him for taking the offer. God knows I will….and any footballer that says they wouldnt is lying through their false teeth. However, Nasri should stop hiding under the excuse of being disrespected by the fans. Any rational person will respect him for making a money-based decision. There is nothing wrong with that…just dont cite us fans as being a catalyst.
@The Heff, for someone telling someone else to read up on a subject perhaps you should do that yourself. Uefa ARE investigating the naming rights already. Might make sense to think before you spout.
At least if he stays in this country we can take 50 percent of his salary in tax. Greedy, selfish and glad he’s going.
All this talk of Arsenal’s low wage structure being the cause of players leaving, is a sad reflection on today’s football profession. The advent of television has seen the players’ wages soar to obscene levels, these being maintained by the interests of foreign investors controlling certain Clubs.
In my opinion, this state of affairs will not last, particularly in the parlous state of global economy. The “sugar daddy” syndrome will disappear and a more sustainable system introduced to the benefit of all.
i say good riddance. he is too emotional, self-centered and always messes with the teams speed of play.
Good luck Nasri, remember where you came from and stop commenting us!
go nasri we are tied of your comment, if you think man city is bigger than arsenal we have talented players there ready to step up so is not a big deal go go go go
@Salsa: So , to you Diaby is the best player at Arsenal! You are terrible! If I were you, I would rather not say anything at all!
Samir I loved your play and your games in Arsenal. You learned how to play football and you didn’t show respect for that. I wish u all the worst in this season if u leave.
@Salsa: Another fuckin idiot who cant count, in the last 7 years The Arsenal have won the FA Cup and the EPL. Perhaps you have forgotten the invincibles or maybe you are too young to remember. Either way you are a prat.
Who said moving to ManCity isn’t for a footballing reason? Man City are becoming a very big club, they won the FA Cup,and at times last season they played fantastic football. So be careful about hyping Man United as the best footballing team that everybody has to move to. Talking about the trophy who knows where English trophies end up by the end of May 2012.
Talks , in the French media, about Nasri using Arsenal as ‘springboard’ are true. I’m an Arsenal fan, I loved Nasri as a player from when he was 17yrs old as I used to watched French football, I followed his statements just when he was talking to Arsenal and I remember him saying things along that interpretation. He said he loves Real Madrid and that he prefer to play for them, but he will be delighted to join Arsenal as well for the time being.
Man Shitty are on the cusp of big things, and yes with their buying power, son
they should be. Unfortunately we live ina world where Money talks. Clearly we’re a selling club, so who can really fat Nasri for using the club as a mere stepping stone. Lets pray that lessons are learnt. Although I would have to honesy question the clubs ability to learn as we seem to make the same mistakes over and over again.
A pissed off Gooner.
My bad, loads of typos. I
let him go! this greedy, ungratefull, good4nothing slut.
NO ONE IS AGAINST THE QUALITY ITEM NASRI THE SAME.ITIS NOT RIGHT FOR NASRI STAYING TO THE CLUB WHICH PAYING LOW WAGES AND EXPECTATION OF TROPHY IS ZERO.SO FOR HIM I BETTER TO GET ONE OF IT TROPHY OR BIG WAGES.ALL THE BEST NASRI
Re: Vincent
How is he being ungreatful? He wants to play for one of the biggest clubs in Europe and we come under that.
Re: Haff
At least one Arsenal fan talks sense. Man City will become one of English football’s most loved and respected clubs within a few years. What we are doing is good for the game.
no, dont believe any of this. they need to sell papers so they tell lies. until i hear it from him, i wont believe this. nasri is still an arsenal palyer and i`m happy about it
I have no wish to slate man city.or their fans they are doing exactly what we would do given the opportunity. i alao have no feeling about the nasri transfer. he is a very average player who could not hold down a regular position at arsenal when everyone was fit. would i take him over gervinho arshavin or miyaichi on the left wing no. would i take him over ramsey and rosicky.in the am role well probably. but he is going and we are getting 22m for a player that no longer wants to be here and could walk for nothing. even without replacing him i am happy to see lansbury ramsey frimpong wilshire song rosicky diaby eastmond coquelin battle for the 3 midfield roles and i am also happy to see rvp walcott gervinho arshavin chamberlain chamakh bendtner campbell miyaichi afobe sunu freeman battle it out for the 3 forward positions. at least all these lads will give it their all. For me its still defence that should be taking our priority thoughts when it comes to recruitment.
It doesn’t matter whatever crap Nasri says about having a “better chance of winning trophies” we all know the truth is £££££££. Good luck in joining your fellow pricks Toure, Clichy and Adebayor, good riddance!
the fact of the matter is ‘HE WENT FOR THE MONEY’. i don’t buy this bigger club and winning trohpies thing.
He had promised to sign a new deal as early as October last year, he changed his mind in February when City came calling.
If he really wanted to go to a bigger club he can simply wait for the coming 12 months and choose the club he wants to go to, for a good deal, just like what Flamini did.
The truth is there and its black and white. HE WENT FOR THE MONEY. and i suspect he came to us FOR THE MONEY.
This happens unless you give the player another reason to stay, like winning trophy’s, or so they say. A team that is world class brings in world class, and also develops them. Barsa if famed for their academy buy every year since I can remember in the last 12 or so they bring in one or two expensive players a year…a la Cesc, Alexis Sanchez, the year before Villa. I think our players are good enough, but not enough of them. I also think that Ramsey and Wilshire can benefit with a few older members of the squad. As it is they have to maintain on the pitch, and you do that by winnning. If they start this killer schedule with a few points under their belt they could actually be in the running for a spot, but this is the thinnest squad they have had in some time, and I do not understand really why they refuse to acknoweldge this. Of course it is easy for us to say spend, but the fact is it should be for them too. So while we beat our breasts out here, something has to be happening in the boardroom. Kroenke did not put the kind of money he did into the club for them to start to be a selling club, it just does not fit his pattern.