Nasri To City - Done Deal!

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He is clearly perfectly suited to ACM as his pace, dribbling ability, eye for attacking positions, lack of serious workrate, lack of defensive positional sense and lack of williness to track back on most occasions makes him a perfect fit for the position. End of.

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Nah. He displays such things because he plays for Wenger at club level, a man who doesn't seem to care too much about his attacking players helping out defensively any more. For Marseille in the past and for France under Blanc he has proved he can work much much harder.

At Nasri's current age, under an SAF, he'd improve that side of his game drastically. There is really no reason why he can't play the very role Giggs played for us at the back end of last season. Which was closer to the Scholes role of old than that of the Scholes that retired.

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That's another myth, they mostly played a 4-2-3-1 formation with Van Der Vaart dropping in to make it a 5 at times,.
That is incorrect Van der vaart didn't operate like a 5th midfielder at all. He spent all his time floating around the pivot the Crouch was. He hardly ever helped out Modric and his partner at all in deeper areas.

and what top sides? Inter were a shambles and we beat that Milan side 7-2 on aggregate the previous year when we were going through a transitional season.
What are you talking about?
 
You're assuming a player at Arsenal would be desperate to go to United if United were interested. But why wouldn't a French player be perfectly happy to stick with a French mamager at Arsenal, a CL level club, if they give him a masive pay rise? I think he'll get more money by staying at Arsenal then he would get at United.

Apparently we are paying Ashley Young £130k Wayne Rooney in on around £200k i'm sure if Nasri is the marque signing we can afford a little more if not the same as what Arsenal will be willing to give him. Plus to answer your question, we win things at United.. I'm sure he will get over the fact Fergie is Scottish and he has no more french pals such as Diaby and er........
 
That is incorrect Van der vaart didn't operate like a 5th midfielder at all. He spent all his time floating around the pivot the Crouch was. He hardly ever helped out Modric and his partner at all in deeper areas.

What are you talking about?

When they were up against it he dropped in to support the midfield duo, they never played a 4-4-2 like you mentioned.


Also, I was referring to you implying they used 4-4-2 against top sides.
 
Apparently we are paying Ashley Young £130k Wayne Rooney in on around £200k i'm sure if Nasri is the marque signing we can afford a little more if not the same as what Arsenal will be willing to give him. Plus to answer your question, we win things at United.. I'm sure he will get over the fact Fergie is Scottish and he has no more french pals such as Diaby and er........

Time will tell, but I'm pretty confident about my reading of the situation. Let's see what happens.
 
When they were up against it he dropped in to support the midfield duo, they never played a 4-4-2 like you mentioned.


Also, I was referring to you implying they used 4-4-2 against top sides.

Just the same as we play with Rooney, it's still a 4-4-2 in essence. You could call it a 4-2-1-1 but it's a form of 4-4-2 for sure.
 
When they were up against it he dropped in to support the midfield duo, they never played a 4-4-2 like you mentioned.
He most certainly did not. He played the very same role Rooney played for us at the back end of last season. And unlike Rooney he mostly made little effort to help out Modric and co. Infact I remember them wining the game vs Arsenal after going pure 4-4-2 at the Emirates for example. Spurs infact played last season more of a 4-4-1-1 than a proper 4-2-3-1 that a side like Arsenal employed.

Also, I was referring to you implying they used 4-4-2 against top sides.
Aaah. Then why did you mention our games vs Milan and Roma? :DThat lost me completely:lol:
 
Red Indian is right.

yup.

I'm 99% certain he'll stay with you boys but that doesn't stop me appreciating what a player he is and what he is capable of. I actually think selling Fabregas would be good for him and enable him to really put his stamp on your team.

Just hope my post made sense as I was actually agreeing with the Indian.
 
Apparently we are paying Ashley Young £130k Wayne Rooney in on around £200k i'm sure if Nasri is the marque signing we can afford a little more if not the same as what Arsenal will be willing to give him. Plus to answer your question, we win things at United.. I'm sure he will get over the fact Fergie is Scottish and he has no more french pals such as Diaby and er........

We have Evra.

He is French.



Nasri will sign for us.
 
Plus we had the greatest frenchman of all, Eric le roi!

It's such a done deal, I reckon he'll even take a pay cut to join us!
 
We had Barthez and Blanc too and Cantona...and we have Pogba

I don't know if he'll sign but I'm not as certain as some other people that he'll resign for Arsenal. They say why would he come to Manchester? Well, why not? We've only been champions 4 out of the last 5 years and we're the second best club in Europe.

I could understand if was Fabregas but Nasri? I don't get that impression. He might resign, we might not even have an interest in the player. Why do people think Sir Alex has been softening Wenger up all these years....;) maybe it is to make future dealings easier or maybe he's just being kind.. I wouldn't rule it out period but we're in the dark clearly.
 
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/notw/nol_sport/nolsport_opinion/nolopinion_neil/1337127/Arsenal-will-face-a-huge-battle-to-hang-on-to-Samir-Nasri.html?CMP=SOCjam_TW_NOTWKEEP

SAMIR NASRI is not the type to respect reputations or play by the rules.

Once, when Thierry Henry told him to move from his favoured seat on the France national team bus, Nasri replied: "Why, does it have your name on it?".

That's the kind of prickly character Arsenal are dealing with as they begin their concerted effort to keep him at the club.

Nasri's a wanted man. Manchester United will make a bid for him this week that will start somewhere in the region of £20million.

Sir Alex Ferguson is determined to sign him, to pinch one of the best players from a rival English club.

It's all change at Old Trafford as Fergie rips up the template that took them to last season's Champions League Final against Barcelona.

They fell short of the standards Fergie demands, something he is determined to change by recruiting the Arsenal midfielder.

Ferguson is willing to alter his formation to accommodate one of the best technical players in Europe.

Nasri is that man, a pick-pocket with the ability to rob teams of possession and steal an advantage in other areas of the pitch.

United want more movement, more fluidity and flexibility as they change the shape of English football.

That's why Nasri is at the top of Ferguson's summer wish-list, a key part of a system and a new way of playing.

Ferguson intends to emulate Barcelona, but he knows they must do it even better to win the Champions League again.

Nasri has similar technical attributes to Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta, quick-witted with the eye for a killer pass.

He has encouraged United's pursuit over the summer, which is about to enter the end game as Ferguson makes his first serious move.

Nasri is about to enter the final year of his contract at the Emirates, and is playing a waiting game as Arsenal threaten to bring in reinforcements.

Nasri wants a six-figure weekly salary, nudging ahead of his team-mates after his most consistent season at the club.

He also wants to compete for trophies, to cross the finishing line with yet another emerging Arsenal team.

To do it, Arsene Wenger will be without captain Cesc Fabregas, as they finally bow to the pressure from Barcelona.

They made a gentlemen's agreement with him after last summer's World Cup, persuading him to give it another go with the Gunners.

This time it's over, and he will be on his way to the Nou Camp the moment Barca's bid is accepted by the Arsenal board.

It's going to happen this time, finally bringing an end to a saga that Nasri has been monitoring over the summer.

With Fabregas on his way there will be options for Nasri - and Wenger will offer him a more responsible role.

He could easily weave him into the team alongside Jack Wilshere, pairing two skilful midfielders.

An enhanced role would suit Nasri, but their failure to compete for the top trophies continues to nag away.

It will not be easy to force through a move to United, but they certainly want him at Old Trafford.

The alternative is to sweat it out and wait for Arsenal to come up with the really big bucks to make it worth his while to stay.

What is certain is that Arsenal are not in a position to allow one of their best talents to run down the final year of his contract.

That journalist has his connections in Manchester apparently, he broke the Tevez to City news before anyone else.
 
What exactly is a prickly character anyway?

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That News of the World piece might as well have been written like this:


SAMIR NASRI, in big capital letters, is a rebel.

He pissed-off Terry Henry something royal.

Now Hairdryer Fergie wants NASRI bad, bro.

Another paragraph of one line only, so our readers don't get confused.
 
Tomorrow's Mirror are reporting we'll sign by the end of the week

The DM also reports that we'll sign De Gea on Friday. The plot thickens*.



*Or not.
 
That DM article is written by John Cross who is an arsenal fan and Also have appeared many times on arsenal TV.
 
I think he will get a much improved salary offer from Arsenal and stay.

That was the plan all along. United wanting him was his security if arsenal failed to come up with his expectations.
 
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