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

[Toronto Gooner]

Simple after 2 years offer a new contract thus making sure his resale value stays high if he does go. We paid decent money for him and if we lost him now we wouldn't get that back. Considering how stingy we are with money that isn't a good thing, the more money we hold onto the more likely we are to spend some of it.

Err, wasn't that exactly what happened? I seem to recall the reports about his contract started at the start of last season, which was the start of his 3rd season at Arsenal.

[V-Pig]

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....Skysports.com understands Manchester United have stepped up their interest in Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri.

Speculation has intimated Nasri is on United's radar and skysports.com has now learnt he is the club's top target.

The talented French schemer's reluctance to engage in contract talks with Arsenal until he is satisfied their transfer targets are of the required standard to mount a title push next season has alerted Sir Alex Ferguson to his possible availability.

Despite being close to wrapping up a deal for Blackburn defender Phil Jones and Atletico Madrid goalkeeper David de Gea, amid widespread speculation Aston Villa's Ashley Young is also heading for Old Trafford, Ferguson's appetite for new signings has yet to be sated.

Nasri is seen as an ideal replacement for the retired Paul Scholes, with the centre of the field an area United's management are keen to revamp with fresh talent.

Inter Milan's Wesley Sneijder has been linked but Nasri, with just a season left on his existing deal, could be a more realistic deal to finance.

Arsene Wenger would be loath to lose one of key men, especially given Nasri's exit would likely lead to other members of his squad questioning their own futures.

However, United are now ready to test Arsenal's resolve to keep a player who has previously intimated he would be open to the prospect of moving to Manchester.

whats the next move? - Utd are taking it to the others this summer

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bet your arse Nasri is smiling his own arse off now

has Cashley Cole written all over this

[alexander]

Its a bit shit being an Arsenal fan at the mo isnt it. Nasri leaving would be bad, but to man u, no way, thats a killer. It might be the final nail in the coffin for this team.

[Cripps_orig]

Arsene Wenger would be loath to lose one of key men, especially given Nasri's exit would likely lead to other members of his squad questioning their own futures.

Its from Sky Sports. Bollocks tbh...

[Olivier's xmas twist]

whats the next move? - Utd are taking it to the others this summer

TBH Wenger should tell them £80 mill or fuck off tbh

[Fist of Lehmann]

Err, wasn't that exactly what happened? I seem to recall the reports about his contract started at the start of last season, which was the start of his 3rd season at Arsenal.

Think our policy changed after the Flamini debacle so that contracts were renegotiated based on time left to run rather than being any performance related thing. So the accusation that Wenger 'allowed' Nasri to run down his contract (we don't know who conducts contract negotiations btw but it's likely to be Gazidis) while convienient looks groundless. Since human rights laws probably preclude us forcing Nasri to sign anything, the only other recourse is sell him.

And you wouldn't do that with 2 years left on his contract, because that's when we opened negotiations. The very earliest we could have sold him was January.
Can you imagine how batshit people would have gone had we done that?

A. Exceedingly batshit.

[Toronto Gooner]

Think our policy changed after the Flamini debacle so that contracts were renegotiated based on time left to run rather than being any performance related thing. So the accusation that Wenger 'allowed' Nasri to run down his contract (we don't know who conducts contract negotiations btw but it's likely to be Gazidis) while convienient looks groundless. Since human rights laws probably preclude us forcing Nasri to sign anything, the only other recourse is sell him.

And you wouldn't do that with 2 years left on his contract, because that's when we opened negotiations. The very earliest we could have sold him was January.
Can you imagine how batshit people would have gone had we done that?

A. Exceedingly batshit.

I agree with you, Fist. Starting to negotiate a new contract with Nasri prior to the start of last season would have been jumped upon the Wenger-haters as further proof that Wenger has lost it and only favours Frenchmen.

[Sirjackofwilshere]

There is no way Wenger will let Nasri go to the mancs. He'll sell him off to a team in Europe and lose a lot of money rather than strengthen a rival.