Quote Originally Posted by LDG View Post
I get what you're saying, but do you really think he's going to put 100% into trying to push Arsenal forward in his final year?? I mean, if we sold now, and went for, say, Mata (yeah I know it's unlikely)....would we not get the same return (a year settling to consider), but for someone who has a comittment to the club going forward?

It sends some good messages out, i.e., we won't be pushed around. But when you consider that we're effectively getting one year from someone who's comittment is questionable, for what we could get over a foure year period, it doesn't add up.

Of the 30mil quoted as transfer funds / player contract improvements, does this include provision for Nasri, or have we spent 20 mil of that already on a player who doesn't want to be here....
i'd like to think he's professional enough to, he hasn't shown anything on the field to show that he would act in such a way. sure, there was a dip in performance after the cc final but that was a general malaise across the whole team, not just him individually.

we could sell now to a domestic rival but how many people would get on the clubs back for doing that too? its a not a clear win situation anymore, something has to give somewhere. he wants to keep him and seems to be trying to convince him to sign but nas can't be forced to. the desire to get him on a four year deal is clearly there.

i'm still confused about the whole 25m being lost if we keep nas and eating up the transfer funds. i dont see how ast have come to that conclusion.