Quote Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory View Post
What's the load o crap? The fact that we didn't tie up his contract earlier and act earlier when he was stalling? The fact that we've seen this happen in our team before and that we've actually captialised off players delaying contract talks ourselves? The player is scum, no doubt but how many times can you get done like this before you start putting procedures in order to make sure it doesn't happen again? We knew Nasri had potential and is worth a bit on the Market, so shouldn't we make sure we protect our major assets? On the pitch he may be lukewarm at times but his Market value is pretty high. At least £15m but with a year left on his contract we've screwed ourselves. Even from a business sense it's naive.
The club did try to get him to sign a contract, there is not much that the club can do and the contract will be signed only if the player wants. The club can however sell him to cash in, but this can be done only when the window opens which is now. Don't think the club could have handled this particular case better. however the fact that we developed an image of a club that will not win anything equipping players to bargain for insane wages or leave for clubs who guarantee trophies. Looks like every time we resist big investment we are digging ourselves into a bigger hole.