Quote Originally Posted by Champagne Charlie View Post
The trouble is that buckling to his wage demands could have a whole load of bad ramifications in the future. It sends out a message to the rest of the players that they can run their contract down, demand higher wages and the club/AW will eventually give in through fear of loosing them on a free. You also have the whole "if Nasri's on that much then I want this much" for any player who plays well next year.

And to be honest, if Nasri thinks 3-4 months of top quality performances in the space of 4 years warrants him being the highest paid player at the club, then he can quite frankly fuck right off!
We're already sending out the wrong message by letting our star players go every year. Players are looking at the wages their rivals are earning and asking to be paid a similar amount. The system is already crumbling so giving in what make a blind bit of difference.