Ex-Arsenal midfielder 'considered' return to club
Former Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri looked into the possibility of re-joining his former club, it has emerged.
Nasri, who famously admitted that he will always be an Arsenal fan, has kept in close contact with his ‘second father’ and Gunners’ boss Arsene Wenger since joining Manchester City in a £24 million deal last summer.
French tactician Wenger keeps in touch with many of his former players, especially fellow compatriots such as Nasri with whom he had built up a close relationship with during the Frenchman’s three years in North London.
25-year-old Nasri justified his reasons for leaving Arsenal last season as City went on to win the Barclays Premier League title, although the ex-Marseille midfielder hasn’t been involved as much as he would have liked so far this campaign due to injury problems.
Homesick?
Creative midfielder Nasri flourished under the guidance of Wenger and bagged fifteen goals and five assists in his final full season at the club and still misses many of his former team-mates, along with his old Hampstead-based mansion.
His relationship with City boss Roberto Mancini is also reportedly ‘strained’ after the Italian criticised Nasri for ducking out of the way of Robin van Persie’s free-kick winner in the Manchester derby last Sunday.
A return to Arsenal is highly unlikely because of Nasri’s £180,000-a-week wage demands, City’s reluctance to strengthen a ‘rival’, added to the fact that many Arsenal supporters still feel resentment over the circumstances in which he left the club.
Would you take Nasri back if he was available next summer? Leave your opinion in the comments section below.
Sorry for the language but fuck off nasri.
Never take him back….NEVER
If City were willing to sell him back for a reasonable fee and Nasri was willing to take a salary cut I would have no problems with him donning the red and white shirt again. He’s a quality player, and we don’t have too many of those at the moment.
sign him wenger
Why the hell not. Either way, he’s the only one of our recent most high-profile departures not to go on strike, although that’s not my reasoning. Fine player.
@erlend. I respect your point but I reckon you are in a very small minority among The Arsenal support. I would hate to have back after the way he behaved.
i have no problem to see him in red and white shirts!
I’d have him back, whatever he’s done, he’s a quality player, and, a lot of players go back to clubs after leaving and fans don’t seem to mind. I’d have no problems with him in red and white again.
It’s been my favourite Arsenal player since I’m supporting this club… Please come back Samir 🙂
he wanted to leave in the first place,no need of taking him back.let him enjoy tha trophies he wanted frm man city.
5m and wage 80k no problem 😀
f*** off.
this little ratface bitch betrayed wenger’s faith, and you’re all offering to kneel in front of him and suck him off.
have some pride in yourselves.
Where is the source man? I can’t see this happening… All fantasy!
sure, better then half of our offensive players, but wenger won’t do this
definitely not especially after the vagina injury he picked up today
I say yes to his rejoining Arsenal. Remember the story of the prodigal son? Maybe he will have learnt his lesson and will commit 100%. Gunners will bury the hatchet and we’ll move on.
NO WAY. He’s had his chance. There are plenty of players with his ability at that price give them a chance and they might appreciate it. Nasri is not a team player and Mancini is right he chickened out, take one for the team. Amazing anyone would take him back next they will want to take Adebayor back. These guys are in it for the money and an easy life.
no thanks, v don’t take back the once, sold commodity. also this team is not to win any trophy.
He is very welcome what more with the recent
Arsenal performances
Forget about his love for higher wage,He is a gud player.
Sign him back, he’s better than all of our present players except Wilshere.
Nasri has always been our player,any of our runaway coming back is highly welcome. No too much education again,play arsenal way. Period
Mr Nasri sorry yo place has been taken for now but u can wait antill i sell him then u will come back. From yo x-boss wenger thx we keep in touch
A very unnecessary debate
I don’t have a problem if Nasri want to come back home. Infact am a his biggest fan so i love to see him in red n white shirt sooner bt it is not possible.
10minutes in the stocks, then slap a red and white on him. We will make him second in the line of prodigals who begged to return, the first being T. Henry.
@Nick: then we sell him again. repeat 2 years later.
i would love to see him back at arsenal. because we are really lacking in the creative ascept.
We meed him more than he needs us
NEVER!!!
I admit he was a bit greedy buh overall he’s a good player nd he could also help change things around at the emirates I say wenger should resign him,
He shd apologise for having hurt Arsenal fans. There after, he will be welcomed.
He is always welcome
Any day! He is the attacking spark Arsenal now miss.
Take him back if this is true and nasri is willing to take a pay cut then not only does it give us a top quality player( that wenger keeps talking about getting) but it will also prove that his not a gold digger or a greedy prick but a true gooner but I really can’t see this roomer being true sorry
I would love him to come back , hes a top player and he will prove himself , he still loves arsenal guys come on now?
Please please please wenger let him come back home to in red and white shirt u ‘re highly samir.
I would take him back, because we need better wingers than Gervinho and Aaron Ramsey (he is not a winger). I’m sure if Nasri came back and played fantastic then he would be accepted by the majority again, plus it would annoy Piers Morgan 🙂
I like nasri bcos he’s a quality,briliant play.nasri com bak cos we nid u
Beach stay there
At least ramsey would not be the only one to take the blame
id rather have nasri back than taking a risk on someone from another league who might not cut it, hes top class id have him back just as quick as id have rvp or cesc back , its a no brainer for me
yes because even know he left us for cash he is still a good player and i want him back
Never will arsenal will have the pussy head back a betrayal and a low life and an unfaithful playa like rvrp
Not gonna happen considering his wage @City and his bad attitude and worst Wenger,who wants to come play for Arsenal now? We can’t attract big players and even we can’t compete in wages. Wenger is leading our club to perpetual destruction.
Are we really in the place to put our pride before our Football? We’re borderline miserable by Arsenals standards right now. If Nasri wants to come back, I’ll welcome him with open arms. Just like I’m sure all the Nasri haters will to if he starts producing goals and helping us get back to where we belong. I’m not sure if I’d be happy giving him what he wants in terms of money though, but then again we certainly have the money right now, it’s just the club doesn’t want to spend it for some reason.
Ok lets recap he has skill, flair, pace, an eye for goal, a great pass, great pressing player i would love to see him in our midfeild but £180000 to <£100000 its just not happening its like the nani dreams going about
Yeah at least he is better than Gervinho
you know in life i never dreamed of myself watching man-city playing until simir moved to city, i would cry inside to see him playing as i knew i loved his way me playing i always had this vision of seeing nasri wearing our away kit playing a free role on the right wing and ox-chambo on the left with the likes of carzola and wilshere we can be strong again rise arsenal rise. I say we take him back first if he apologise to those he hurtin most.
I think it shows Mancini’s ability to get the best out of players. zero hes a shite manager and not a patch on wenger
if he is available in around 12-15m pounds and he is willing to take a pay cut then wenger must buy him
He is very good player with quality that Gunners need to have but the possibility of re-joining Arsenal is very far.
I think if he publicly apologized to all arsenal fans for being a greedy twat and he cut his wages by 100k then I’d accept him
Yes let him com bck!it a lesson to him
Nasri has nothing to offer the team Mr Arsene wenger should go for a better signing may be messi as he as joke with
i would like to say yes , but he must apologise to Fans,Arsene Wenger and his ex-team mates . welcome home nasri 🙂
Do you remember his last game in an Arsenal shirt, when he looked like the only player who cared against Liverpool? Frimpong got sent off in that game. Nasri played as if he wanted to take on the entire Liverpool team by himself. He didn’t deserve to lose that game. I remember that there was some degree of respect for his effort from the stands and whatever is said about him it should be noted that he’s a model professional.
Please come back Samir, I need you to play really well, as I will not have any decent players to sell next year
the way he acted when he left, no i wouldnt, he is a prick with too high of a wage. if he acted as respectively as RVP did then i would have said ok, but he is not as recptable as RVP so no.
that’s the good news for us and wenger,we will liked that to happened
Yes!!! Any minute, I know he didn’t leave us on a good note but I wouldn’t mind seeing back in Arsenal. He is a good player and definitely better than half of the squad right now. Bring him back! We need quality.
Question is, can this really happen?
he’s a prodigal son. but now that he has realised his mistakes, i think we have to forgive him and accept him back, afterall we need him more than he needs u.
Guys lets be realistic here,even if we say no or yes to the resigning of nasri and wenger and the team management says they want him back we cant stop them. Moreover his heart is in arsenal so give him a chance to prove himself once more
You remember how he was shoving it down our throats after he won epl? Twat has no respect for arsenal fans
if he took a wage cut apologized said he loves arsenal never liked city then did a adebayor and scored against city and celebrated against them id take him back but i would never love him as much as i did a few years ago
Well, if you ask me I dont mind having him back. He is an excellent player who isnt used that much in City. If he agrees to earn less, say 80-90k a week, I would welcome it. Though it is highly unlikely.
yes..i would like to accept nasri back, if he willing to rejoined with arsenal
Are u lot mad??? Do u not remember what he done n how he is it.. Sounds like you would all sell your souls to the devil!!! Weak n desperate arsenal supporters is not what we want. Loads more players out for purchase so go get them. Fucking idiots. We are all saying that coz we are playing crap! David Dein back.. Keep Wenger… Spend the fucking money you have sucked out of our pockets you inept people sitting in the leather chairs. I want my arsenal back. Season ticket holder for 18 yrs.
samir nasri had become no 1 to me at arsenal, there is no doubt he still has that quality. Buy him wenger.
We will tak him bak becoz since he left the team we av not se raplacement for him, dat is why we ned to tak him bak
NO!
If he is willing to take a pay cut to come back. Why not?
Nasir is a shit, I don’t want him anymore. He left with the thinking that arsenal will die, not only that, he had been very abusive to our beloved club and fans. If it were Fabregas or rvp asking to come back, I will gladly welcome them. But nasir to hell.
Wenger looking at Nasri’s c**t
welcome back to emirates, Samir nasri
once a gunner, always gonna be a gunner..GunnerForEver!
Henry can return anyday
Nasri sod off to tottenham！！
Tired of players who take arsenal as a training ground. He left for trophies, ddnt he? Whats the problem now? Isnt man city the champions & the most expensive team in the epl? So what now? He, Rvp, Fabregas,Clichy& song believed in them being individualy important rather than colectively. If they had stayed together, Arsenal wld have been on top of the log. A friend in need is a friend in deed. Rot at man city or move to psg or Anzhi
He’s not worth 180k per week (although Arsenal has to realize that some are- if we’d offered RvP that much, maybe he’d still be here and maybe we’d be ahead of Man U with his goals and them without them). I can see Citeh accepting a loss on his sale but not Nasri accepting to lower his wage. The only solution I can see is for them to loan him to us and pick up half his wage – I actually think that would be a good move for both clubs and the player. Put Nasri on the left, move Poldi in behind Giroud and all of a sudden we have a wide man who can cross to a target who can knock it down for a poacher. It will never happen though. Supporters hold grudges, players don’t. Personally, I wouldn’t want Nasri back. For all the fantastic goals he scored for us ingrained in my memory, he’s a flake and almost single-handedly destroyed the club ethos for France in the South Africa world cup. But if he could improve the team at a reasonable price (i.e. what he;s worth, not what Citeh pay him), yeah, why not.
Ofcourse we should welcome his coming back if it could happen but it’s hardly to get him back for many reasons among them we can’t afford his wage and his price.
I want that player back in gunners becouse his a good midfider, wenger sign him back.
yeah we need him badly .no creativity around the box .
Nasir will never come back 2 arsenal wenger is only fuling him self.
A big NOOOO noooooooooooo en noooooo to him
Please let him come back, but on 3 condition ; 1* If he would be available around 12-15 Million Pounds 2* If he is ready to accept pay cut because Arsenal cannot stand his 180K per week 3* He should be ready 2 apologize to Arsenal fans for his statement after after Man City won thier 1st Premier League since 1960….Thats all !
It is raely good news for us we need him back
sell-out, will never come back, never wanted by the fans, an average player, only had 5 good month at Arsenal…
He’s a good player, but i think it’s hard to Arsenal fans can give him a ‘second chance’. But if it’s possible, he must apologize to many Arsenal fans. For me, i can try to forgive him.
The guy left in such circumstance as many players like Henry, Fabregas, Clichy. Though his comments were a bit childish but that goes to show how fragile he is when reacting to issues he is drawn into. If the likes of Henry can come back anytime without quams, Nasri should as well come.
Get me wayama from celtic or Isco 4rm malaga in addtn Lopez from atletico,arsenal wil flourish…dnt need any player wit negative atitude
Capital no,very arrogant guy
If nasri will come is good for arsenal it will be good for club
I will really be happy if he comes back, But This Can never happen… wenger should just go and buy good players.
Over my dead body !
If that French mug ever comes back he wouldn’t get out the
Emirates alive.
Arsenal are a feeder club to us. Why would he want to come back when there is little chance he will win something there.
As Arsenal are not a real competitor to us and only mid table its likely he could come back on loan for a season.
No, we don’t need him anymore. We still have a few option for midfield player. All we need is forward player:)
What teamate is he talking about? Tel him they left already he should go 2 spurs!
I was really saddened by his departure. He would turn teams upside down with Carzola, of course minus Gervino who has really deteriorated.
Has what that is been written up show any real chance of him coming back,d comments you guys has made shows u don’t get the real message.wenger keep in touch with many of his former players,has dat show he will sign him back,and his relationship with mancini is strained does not show he is coming back…let’s be realistic we need better player now at emirates but if there is a chance 4 us 2 get him back.i don’t thinks we should miss out on dat bt we should all know he is not the same nasri when he left us last one and a half season ago cos he is not in that wonderful form again dis days.well,i wish we have the best of the deal.
i hope he has learnt his lessons, dat not all dat glitters is gold.it will b a good tin if he comes back cos he will fit into d team asap. i hope he comes back.
Are we nt buying striker again, le prof shold 4gt nani, nd go 4 raheem sterllin,
I don’t think it will be possible bcaus his wages is the key factor that can prevent him to be backed again and also i don’t think wenger will re-signed him again because i don’t trust wenger,what he is saying is difference 4rm what is doing but nasri is very fantastic and kind of player we need right now,he is welcome back home again if so happend
I know he disrespected us arsenal fans, you have forgive to forget who knows, if he did come back he would in the top four players for arsenal, however have you seen how shit he was at city than he was with us, personally I would forgive him and for him another chance who knows but I can feel arsenal dominating in a few years COYG!!
I use to buy him 4 arsenal when playn fiea or pes games b’cos of his atistry n dribln abilities,but can 4give.if dat has happen at arsenal b4 then i wuldnt mind.
I use to buy him 4 arsenal when playn fifa or pes games b’cos of his atistry n dribln abilities,but can 4give.if dat has happen at arsenal b4 then i wuldnt mind.
I’d welcome him back. His quality is really needed in Arsenal. Though, he should know that if he’s to be granted coming back to Arsenal, he must:
1. Take a pay-cut
2. Apologize to all fans
He’s a prodigal son.
You lot kidding? Get nasri back? No chance!! He made his bed, lie in it, if arsenal weren’t good en
Shame Nasri, coming back to do what, Mr Wenger please dont distroy the Team for the fans, Nasri should go back to Francs the fans dont need him, greedy players.
Football has it’s weird and wonderful moments.
People make mistakes, (as well as much money for a while) learn from them and are forgiven if they deliver.
I don’t care if he comes or not, what i care about is that AFC builds a strong team, gets a coach with a football brain and multiple tactics instead of the ONE way of playing that does not work anymore, not even against so called “lower” teams who, by the way, have improved tremendeously, sadly AFC hasn’t.
No, let the Dyke-look a like stay on the bench at City!!
Nasri is a very good player he flurished at arsenal than man city just because he as been used wit arsenal patan. Wenger know how to use player so if his willing to come bk let wenger embrace him
why do u want the views of the fans wen their views have not been respected. did u consider them wen u were buying squilachi or gevinho? gevinho makes me sich. why play him wen we hav andrei? i feel nauseated to see this ivorian on the line up.
No , one word …. Judas
Nasri…u were ma best after v.persi, i want u 2come back home cuz,charity bginz @home o, bt u did it wrong 2leav in the fist place, so u hv2 nd must appologise strongly 2all d fanc ‘gunners’…one-luv bro.
It is very easy to have remorse but why leave in the first place. The answer is greed. Let’s get the new team back on course and leave the greedy B*#! to wallow in their own bank balances
we don’t neet nasri we have arteta and jack viva arsenal
If you say we play the barca way! Then it’d be wrong! Coz we play “total football” and were masters of it during the early 2000’s.! So wenger could not keep it on due to less resources but still has done fabulously fantastic ! Questioning him would be insult , if he wishes to get nasri back , he should.!
Fans know IAWT.!:-D
I would definitely take Samir Nasri back. I know his act was one which people would refer to as ‘Judas’ or ‘C**t’ but Nasri is a very classy player. Just watching his involvement in City’s goals on Saturday made me realise how good of a player he is. I believe that we fans should put our differences with former players aside and realise that we need a stronger team.
But i seriously doubt that Nasri would come back to Arsenal.
Nasiri couse us so much pain but than we need him
we human beings commit sins nd god forgives so i want wenger 2 forgive samir nasri cuz av missed him so much evaly gunnerz
Nice if wenger can allow him to back to the team thr gridil guy can fill any roll in arsenal
I’m short of words, recently it was flamini, then Fabrigas and now Nasri what a hip of garbage. Wenger has never done anything right this season To please us the fans. But to take a clue to the question asked,prodigal or not, arsenal is a home for players both home and abroad. We don’t need nasri to solve our problem.Our problem is Diaby’s absence.arteta is not trust worthy. Buy diamey and dan baba that’s that.
Nasri is my man let’s forgive him. pls come AW asept him pls he’s a good player.
No chance, he can feck off, the mercenary, money-grubbing w*nker.
He use 2b my favorite player in Arsenal b4 he broke my heart by leaving, cos who knows maybe those players that left after him would have gotten more zeal to stay back if he was to still be in the club. Even if he was to eva leave d club that brought out the star in him, that was definately not the right time to do that. Well “d ball is in ur court wenger”, to treat him like d prodigal son or like an infected seed that has been uprooted neva to grow amongs others to avoid spreading his diseases of greed and ingratitude amongs others. Thats my verdict!
When will Arsenal blogs/fans see the issue is not personnel? We are tactically inefficient. When Arsenal last won the league, we did so playing pressing football. Our attacking players (Pires and Ljungberg in particular) were notable for tracking back. Granted, on his day,m Theo could be a bigger threat than either but the tracking back and laughable defending contribute to a woeful team IN COMPARISON TO THE GOLDEN YEARS.
As for Nasri, this would probably involve Cazorla going the other way.
It aint going to happen- not now or ever. No one will match City’s wages- not even ManU. This is because he does not add anything like 160k worth of value to any team. He is wasted at City. Mancini is the wrong manager for a player of his type.
He will never reach the heights he could have as a player under Wenger. His style of play is perfect for arsenal.
His style of play may have been perfect for the style of play we HAD , when we also had fabregas,song and RVP and a manager who knew what he was doing, but not any longer. Even if he was worth getting back there is no one at the club capable of seeing that and pulling off the deal.
His best position is on bench in MC. Arsenal had no enough bench spacing for him to sit.
We don’t need betrayer!!!!
I’m a City fan; Ive always respected Samir Nasri for all the work he did with Arsenal. However, I dont think he should be in City, he worked and co-operated better in Arsenal, at City he hardly scores, but does assists, and when you see him play it’s like hes not happy – because he doesnt get the joy that he got in Arsenal. So Nasri back to Arsenal, it’ll be better for his career, but his wage expect is too high if he wants to go to Arsenal.
yes indeed i would luv to see him back in d club.
I would have any ex Arsenal player back. Nasri is not flourishing at city as he did while with Arsenal.
Assume nasri wanna come back, how much is the price tag? Which one do you prefer, a same quality player with the same price without black history among the fans or him?
We dont want him back, his a betreyal and will always be. let him remain at city and rot there