Samir "The Weasel" Nasri - The Epitome of Wenger's Failings!!!

[Japan Shaking All Over]

bet your arse Nasri is smiling his own arse off now

has Cashley Cole written all over this

[alexander]

Its a bit shit being an Arsenal fan at the mo isnt it. Nasri leaving would be bad, but to man u, no way, thats a killer. It might be the final nail in the coffin for this team.

[Cripps_orig]

Arsene Wenger would be loath to lose one of key men, especially given Nasri's exit would likely lead to other members of his squad questioning their own futures.

Its from Sky Sports. Bollocks tbh...

[Fist of Lehmann]

Err, wasn't that exactly what happened? I seem to recall the reports about his contract started at the start of last season, which was the start of his 3rd season at Arsenal.

Think our policy changed after the Flamini debacle so that contracts were renegotiated based on time left to run rather than being any performance related thing. So the accusation that Wenger 'allowed' Nasri to run down his contract (we don't know who conducts contract negotiations btw but it's likely to be Gazidis) while convienient looks groundless. Since human rights laws probably preclude us forcing Nasri to sign anything, the only other recourse is sell him.

And you wouldn't do that with 2 years left on his contract, because that's when we opened negotiations. The very earliest we could have sold him was January.
Can you imagine how batshit people would have gone had we done that?

A. Exceedingly batshit.

[Toronto Gooner]

Think our policy changed after the Flamini debacle so that contracts were renegotiated based on time left to run rather than being any performance related thing. So the accusation that Wenger 'allowed' Nasri to run down his contract (we don't know who conducts contract negotiations btw but it's likely to be Gazidis) while convienient looks groundless. Since human rights laws probably preclude us forcing Nasri to sign anything, the only other recourse is sell him.

And you wouldn't do that with 2 years left on his contract, because that's when we opened negotiations. The very earliest we could have sold him was January.
Can you imagine how batshit people would have gone had we done that?

A. Exceedingly batshit.

I agree with you, Fist. Starting to negotiate a new contract with Nasri prior to the start of last season would have been jumped upon the Wenger-haters as further proof that Wenger has lost it and only favours Frenchmen.

[Sirjackofwilshere]

There is no way Wenger will let Nasri go to the mancs. He'll sell him off to a team in Europe and lose a lot of money rather than strengthen a rival.

[selassie]

There is no way Wenger will let Nasri go to the mancs. He'll sell him off to a team in Europe and lose a lot of money rather than strengthen a rival.

We won't have a choice if no club makes an offer and he runs down his contract.

[Marc Overmars]

So they've wrapped up Jones, in talks with Young and now want Nasri. Their intentions for De Gea are well documented as well.

Meanwhile we signed Charlton's 3rd choice full back.

[Super Ghel]

Think our policy changed after the Flamini debacle so that contracts were renegotiated based on time left to run rather than being any performance related thing. So the accusation that Wenger 'allowed' Nasri to run down his contract (we don't know who conducts contract negotiations btw but it's likely to be Gazidis) while convienient looks groundless. Since human rights laws probably preclude us forcing Nasri to sign anything, the only other recourse is sell him.

And you wouldn't do that with 2 years left on his contract, because that's when we opened negotiations. The very earliest we could have sold him was January.
Can you imagine how batshit people would have gone had we done that?

A. Exceedingly batshit.

Exactly, it is groundless but don’t let that stop the AW hate brigade here from trying to shift the blame on him. First of all, like you said Wenger does not conduct nor does he have the final say in such contract negotiations. I would’ve thought that Cashley’s case would’ve taught people something about the fallacy of such rationale, but no they never learn.

Secondly, I too recall reading that negotiations had started last year. So the club definitely did not leave it late to the last minute! It is most likely the board who wants to protect the wage structure in place and if a player keeps delaying signing the contract for a year what can the club do? How does anyone who’s not privy to such details know conclusively what’s going on and that it wasn’t the player who kept giving assurances that he would sign but has later gone back on his word?

[Maestro]

Our transfer activity continues at pace

So they've wrapped up Jones, in talks with Young and now want Nasri. Their intentions for De Gea are well documented as well.

Meanwhile we signed Charlton's 3rd choice full back.