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

[Toronto Gooner]

Domestic signings have been possible since the last game of the season, international signings can only be ratified after july 1st, but are you seriously suggesting that he should wait until then to finish negotiations?

Okay.

No I am not, but as many/most of Arsenal's transfers are done away from the glare of the media, we do not know what is going on right now. I sincerely hope that there are plenty of discussions taking place and that some of those are completed satisfactorily. Let's not forget that many of the footballers are away on holiday or picking up the pieces of their cancelled weddings.

[Toronto Gooner]

I meant in general. Not specifically now....1st July I believe??

I was not certain whether you were being general or specific. I do agree that Arsenal (and Wenger) need to make a true statement of intent. In my opinion, the club, squad and fans need a signing of the quality and standing of a Bergkamp when he joined.

[LDG]

I was not certain whether you were being general or specific. I do agree that Arsenal (and Wenger) need to make a true statement of intent. In my opinion, the club, squad and fans need a signing of the quality and standing of a Bergkamp when he joined.

Oh I agree. There are a few things we need with that though.

i) Defensive coaching
ii) More willingness to change and adapt within a game
iii) Change in mentality. 100% every game / winners attitude
iv) A much more bullish Arsene Wenger, who takes no shit from his players

[Cripps_orig]

Okay.

No I am not, but as many/most of Arsenal's transfers are done away from the glare of the media,

The reason for that is not cos of Arsenals doing. Its cos the media dont have any interest that we buy these shite ass players from France

[Alan B'stard]

So I guess you've all read the "quotes" from Nasri regarding his future at the club, you most likely heard Wenger mentioning that the stall on the new deal is down to Nasri wanting Cesc money and today I have read that Nasri will be waiting to see if the "man united rumours a re real and concrete" (regarding them making a bid for him).

IMO Nasri is an example of Wenger's failings as a manager, firstly lets not go over board, Nasri is a weasel and this should be expected, I felt he was a waste of money and bottled it when it came to crunch time, regarding his quality I may have been proven wrong during the middle parts of last season, however he proved he couldnt really step up to the plate when it was needed of him in the last 10 games of the season.

At any other time I would be happy to see this guy leave the club, but in spectacular Wenger fashion, this weasel has managed to get his contract down to where he only has 12 months left on it. It is abundently clear that Wenger doesnt learn from any mistakes on or off the pitch.

Wenger obviously felt confident that Nasri would sign an new deal and will still be confident of sorting out a new deal for him even if the season starts and he hasnt put pen to paper, but I belt he felt the same about Flamini and we all know how that turned out.

The fact that Nasri (and his agent) have found themselves in this position of power irritates me, the fact that Nasri can flirt with the possibilities of moving to Man U becasue he knows he is in the position of power shows a disrespect to the club and reveals what type of footballer he is.

If we can at least break even on him I would gladly let him go.

so youre saying this is wenger's fault for not renegotiating his contract last year. At which point he would have had to give a pay rise and tie in to a player most people on here (yourself included) were slagging off as an inconsistent slacker and major disappointment?

ok then.

[Boss]

He's done it for numerous others including the likes of Denilson, Bendtner, Diaby etc... not sure why he wouldn't do it for one of his players with bigger potential and (more importantly) one of his players that cost 13M.

[Darth Vela]

He's done it for numerous others including the likes of Denilson, Bendtner, Diaby etc... not sure why he wouldn't do it for one of his players with bigger potential and (more importantly) one of his players that cost 13M.

Probably cos they weren't demanding top money, they're on good wages no doubt but demanding to be paid the same as the best in our team on the back of 3 months of good form is in a different league to upgrading contracts that pay a fair bit less.

[Boss]

To be fair to Wenger, I do remember quotes saying that he's been trying to sort out the Nasri situation for 2(?) years or so. To be fair to Nasri, I highly doubt he's asking for similar wages to Fabregas or that the main issue of his not signing on is a few extra thousand per week.

Like Cesc's situation before, I'd wager Nasri wants to be paid more (if the case) to compensate for the unlikeliness that we will win something soon.

[Power n Glory]

Probably cos they weren't demanding top money, they're on good wages no doubt but demanding to be paid the same as the best in our team on the back of 3 months of good form is in a different league to upgrading contracts that pay a fair bit less.

Don't you think that's short sighted? Wouldn't it be more sensible to secure the future of your first team players and those worth more to the club? It's like going to the market and spending all your money on 'magic' beans. If we have a budget and plan carefully for projections as said at the AST meeting, then we should have sorted out the most valuable player contracts first and worked our way down. If there isn't enough left in the pot for Eboue and Rosicky then sell them on in the summer, which is what we're likely to do anyway.

[Newguy]

Don't you think that's short sighted? Wouldn't it be more sensible to secure the future of your first team players and those worth more to the club? It's like going to the market and spending all your money on 'magic' beans. If we have a budget and plan carefully for projections as said at the AST meeting, then we should have sorted out the most valuable player contracts first and worked our way down. If there isn't enough left in the pot for Eboue and Rosicky then sell them on in the summer, which is what we're likely to do anyway.

Exactly, again i dont know how many times i need to stress this, but my problem isnt with the potential loss of Nasri, it's losing him for less money than we could and IMO should get. The only way we get the money we should is by making sure he has more than 12 months on his contract, especially when you consider the form of the club, it's not like in the past where we were winning trophies and top players wanted to extend their contract.