Quote Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory View Post
With Sagna we signed him on a 3 year deal and then extended it after a year. Nasri has potential and Wenger sees him as a major first team player and someone with a long future at the club. Why not sign him on a longer contract when he first arrived? We've done ourselves over. He's not a little known foreign player and we knew his potential before we signed him. With the bosman rule in place and that other rule about players being able to buy themselves out of their contract, we should have protected ourselves.

But, it is what it is and Wenger must decide if he's a manager going after silverware or a bookkeeper. If he can't hold on to his players than his philosophy will never work. Nasri has a nerve but let's be honest, it's not as if we can't afford it. Sign him up and demand the required performance out of him. If he can't produce, sell him for a fee we can command. We should have leverage on this one not the player. At the moment it looks like we're going to lose the player for a cut down price or he's going on a free. Stupidity!
HAHAHAHA - dumbest thing I've head today.

I remember you lot calling Nasri a flop after his first year unlike Sagna who was word class after his first season here... Now your castrating Wenger for not extending his contract then. Blinkered.

Bottom line is Nasri has had only really performed 6 months out of 3 years. His leaving wouldn't be a problem if 1) we weren't having a massive clear out already, 2) we'd replace him with quality.