Nasri To City - Done Deal!

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Website in offering a choice of someone's name on the back of a shirt and giving a preview shocker.

Funny reading the first few pages of this thread now.
 
vivs said:
Someone please tell me I am dreaming

Manchester United Official Digital Catalogue 2011/12

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Manchester United Official Digital Catalogue 2011/12

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Arsenal's Samir Nasri set to demand a move to Manchester United when he meets Arsene Wenger

Samir Nasri returns to Arsenal on Thursday ready to tell Arsene Wenger that he wants to move to Manchester United after being made aware of a £20 million bid lodged by the Premier League champions two weeks ago.

Although Nasri remains the subject of interest from Manchester City and Chelsea, as well as Real Madrid, Inter Milan and AC Milan, United are understood to be in pole position to sign the French midfielder after submitting a written offer of £20 million for the player a fortnight ago.

United continue to await a response from Arsenal, who have chosen not to publicise the offer, but their position is expected to become clear following talks between Nasri and Wenger when the 24 year-old reports back at the Emirates on Thursday after his summer break.

Arsenal face losing Nasri for nothing if he sees out the final 12 months of his contract and continues to reject the offer of a new deal.

But despite the financial implications of retaining a player until the end of his contract, as Arsenal did before losing midfielder Mathieu Flamini to AC Milan in 2008, Wenger is determined to prevent Nasri from leaving the Emirates for a domestic rival such as United.

United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is known to be highly optimistic about his chances of luring Nasri to Old Trafford, however, in a transfer coup which would rank alongside prising Eric Cantona from Leeds in 1992 and the £7 million capture of Andy Cole from Newcastle three years later.
Talks between third parties connected to United and Nasri discussed the player’s situation last month and, having spent £49.8 million already this summer on Ashley Young, Phil Jones and David de Gea, Ferguson is ready to leave chief executive David Gill, currently on holiday, to thrash out a deal with Arsenal for the France international.

Any deal for Nasri is almost certain to be protracted, though, with Wenger in no mood to make it easy for the former Marseille midfielder to leave.

But United are prepared to be patient, with no expectation at Old Trafford that a deal could be done before the two clubs embark on their summer tours of the United States and Far East respectively next week.

Nasri’s agitation about his future has come as both a surprise and disappointment to Arsenal, who have not given up hope that Wenger can still persuade the player to sign a new contract.

Wenger showed considerable faith in paying £12 million to bring Nasri to the Premier League in 2008 and has been a major support during recent setbacks, notably when he broke his leg during training for the 2009-10 season and was then controversially omitted from France’s World Cup squad last year.

Against that, Arsenal missed the chance last summer to extend Nasri’s contract at a time when his value was lower.

A deal worth £90,000-a-week over five years is on the table and, while there could still be scope to marginally improve the offer, Arsenal accept they do not have the resources to compete with United, City or Chelsea.

Nasri’s present salary is about £55,000-a-week and it is understood he now wants £115,000.

Yet in an interview last week, Nasri said his decision would be based on what was best for his career, rather than where he could earn the most money.

With Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas likely to eventually move to Barcelona, Wenger could offer Nasri the chance to play in a more central position next season and he hopes that the signing of Gervinho will demonstrate the club’s ambition.

If, as expected, Nasri makes it clear that he will not sign a new contract this summer, the club must weigh up the prospect of him running his contract down and leaving for nothing next season.

While Wenger has said that he would not allow a repeat of Flamini‘s departure, it is understood that he has not ruled out making Nasri stay for another year.

Wenger is wary of strengthening his main Premier League rivals and might also conclude that, if Nasri was to be the difference between qualifying for the Champions League or even winning the Premier League, the loss of a £20 million transfer fee would make financial sense.

Wenger has traditionally had full control over such decisions, but there is also the unanswered question this summer of whether Stan Kroenke, the club’s new majority shareholder, would simply insist that Nasri is sold if he does not sign his contract.

If that decision is reached, the clear preference for Arsenal would be to sell outside the Premier League. Wenger has already publicly said that he will oppose the sale of Nasri to United this summer.

Should United succeed in signing Nasri, it is likely that their long-term interest in signing Inter midfelder Wesley Sneijder would recede. But Rene Meulensteen, United’s first-team coach, has admitted that Sneijder would be ‘perfect’ for United.

Meulensteen said: “Sneijder would fit perfect here. He is the most ideal player for us that I can think of.

“The new Paul Scholes does not exist, just as there is not a new Roy Keane, but I cannot think of anyone more perfect for us than Sneijder.

“I don’t know how his future is at Inter, whether he is allowed to leave and whether we can pay him, but purely on the basis of his ability, I would say ‘Get Sneijder’.”
 
Telegraph vs Mirror which one I should believe to?
 
Yes, but his contract situation doesn't really matter if someone else buys him this summer. We need to decide whether he is worth £xm to us; regardless of what his current situation is.

He's worth £25m to us.
 
Hellboy said:
They want £25m according to the rags. For someone who's out of contract next year, that's really expensive.
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Its a lot of money, but in an ordinary situation with 3 years or so on his contract they'd be asking for nearly double that

He's a great talent, the potential is there for him to become a much better player and under Sir Alex I've no doubts he'd get there. £25 million would seem a bargain to me
 
£25 million for a player like samir nasri is always going to be a bargain considering jordan henderson cost liverpool just £5million lesser.
 
Ekeke said:
Its a lot of money, but in an ordinary situation with 3 years or so on his contract they'd be asking for nearly double that

He's a great talent, the potential is there for him to become a much better player and under Sir Alex I've no doubts he'd get there. £25 million would seem a bargain to me
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Yeah £25 million is fine with me too. United desperately need a new creative force in midfield.
 
25 million is a good price for him in today's market, especially considering we'd have to pay a premium on what he's worth because he's playing for Arsenal. He'd cost around 35 to 40 million if he had a longer contract with them.
 
With the quotes prices of £35m+ and huge wages for Sneijder, and with Spurs likely to demand £40m+ for Modric, I think £25m is a bargain.

Yeah his contract is out next summer, but imagine how much harder he'll be to get for free. The number of clubs bidding would double or triple.
 
Hellboy said:
They want £25m according to the rags. For someone who's out of contract next year, that's really expensive.
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If nobody else wanted him yes it would be a lot. But he is in demand.

Plus forget the contract if someone had told you we may get Nasri for £25m 6 months ago you would cream yourself
 
I hope we get him, and we end up paying only 20 million.

Nasri wants out, and if he's truthful about winning being more important then money then United are the only club in North he should want to come to. What's arsene going to do? Keep an unhappy player on the books and let him sign for feck all in 6 months?
I don't think so...
 
if it is true he thinks success is more important than money, then i assume chelsea are going to be our biggest challenger for nasri's signature.

plus he doesn't need to leave london if he moves to chelsea.
 
£20 mill for the player - £5 mill for the opportunity to really mess Arsenals summer up.

Yeah £25 mill seems about right :)
 
Really depends on Nasri now.

If he wants money Arsenal can get 25 mil plus and have a bidding war.

If he wants just one team, and makes it clear he is only going one place, Arsenal can get that money or lose him in 12 months on the free.

This way things are much different, and like I said all dependent on what Nasri wants.
 
ricky-romeo said:
if it is true he thinks success is more important than money, then i assume chelsea are going to be our biggest challenger for nasri's signature.

plus he doesn't need to leave london if he moves to chelsea.
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But see Chelsea are Arsenal's actual rivals. Local rivals at that.

The only problem they have with us is jealousy

There's no chance they'd let him go to another London club. If they've got any smarts they wont let him go to City else thats giving up any chance of competing with them for champions league places and whats Wenger going to do with any extra money they offer to pay anyway? He doesnt spend it. Nasri's replacement will probably cost less than £20 million, thats just how he and Arsenal are
 
United moved would be a betrayal- 7/7/2011 Eurosport


"One thing's for sure: we're not selling him to Manchester United." - Arsene Wenger, June 1.

If reports on Thursday morning are to be believed, this bold statement from the Arsenal manager will be well and truly tested when Samir Nasri returns to the club on Thursday, strolls into Wenger's office and demands a move to Old Trafford.

For some time there has been a rather large credibility gap in Wenger's public statements - his constant refrain that his team had a "remarkable attitude" as they threw away their season springs to mind - but having established so forcefully the notion that he would not countenance Nasri moving to Arsenal's great rivals, the seemingly unthinkable is now looming ominously into view.

It has emerged that United made a formal offer of £20 million for the France international two weeks ago, and various reports insist Nasri now wants to make the move to Old Trafford. It is said Arsenal could be willing to do business if an offer of £25 million arrives.

It's a very good price for a player with one year remaining on his contract, but make no mistake: this would be a humiliating turn of events for Wenger.

Nasri is a player that he brought to England and nurtured into one of the best midfielders around. Now the Frenchman wants to abandon his mentor and compatriot and seek out Sir Alex Ferguson, a man with whom Wenger has had a long relationship, and one that initially proved the saying that familiarity breeds contempt.

Though the menace has been drained out of the relationship between the two in recent years, largely thanks to Arsenal's continual failure to actually challenge for the title, ED suspects there is plenty of residual animosity not so deep below the surface.

To lose Nasri to United, and to Ferguson, would be a particularly cruel personal defeat for a manager who is having a pretty difficult summer all things considered.

Wenger's reign has been characterised by selling star names, but usually when he himself felt they were ready to leave and on his terms. Patrick Vieira was repeatedly courted by United and Ferguson, for example, but only left Arsenal for Juventus in 2005 when Wenger wanted to make room for the emergence of Cesc Fabregas.

The Nasri scenario is another matter entirely, even if Arsenal may yet say 'no' of course, just as United did when Gabriel Heinze wrecked his reputation amongst their fans by demanding a move to Liverpool and getting the Premier League involved in a failed attempt to push it through.

That was a betrayal of the highest order, yet United have been the beneficiaries of traitorous behaviour in the past, perhaps most famously when Eric Cantona signed from Leeds in 1992. Arsenal will want desperately to avoid another Frenchman following in those footsteps.

You can forgive Nasri for wanting to leave Arsenal to further his career, or indeed get a nice fat pay rise should that be his motivation. After all, Patrice Evra's memorable taunts from earlier in the summer, though cruel, do ring true.

"Little Prince, if you want to become king you know where you should go," Evra said prior to the Champions League final. "Every year at Manchester is a guarantee of a title. I have been here five years and cannot keep count of the trophies I've won - 12? 13? 15?"

A move to United would be a sign of ambition on the player's part, no doubt about it, but ED still believes some things should be beyond the pale.

It is often said that footballers should be treated as any other professionals, and that a transfer such as Nasri's is just like a banker wanting to switch from Barclays to Goldman Sachs. But ED doesn't subscribe to that view. For a start, 60,000 people don't greet bankers on their way into work. If they did, stocks of pitchforks and torches would be running dangerously low.

Football is a tribal business, with deep emotional ties. Nasri knew that when he started playing in the streets of Marseille, he knew it when he took on Joey Barton, he knew it when elation spread over him after scoring those two goals against Manchester United at Emirates Stadium.

To now demand a move to united, as it is suggested he will in the press, would be a huge slap in the face of those fans who had idolised him, and supported him unstintingly. It would be a betrayal of those emotional and tribal bonds.

It is said that Chelsea are interested and a move to Stamford Bridge would be equally as unpalatable. Though in theory a sale to Manchester City would be just as self defeating - they too will surely be challenging for the title - for some reason it feels much more acceptable.

Perhaps that's because that particular path has become well-trodden of late, with Emmanuel Adebayor, Kolo Toure and now Gael Clichy swapping Emirates for Eastlands. But it's also because there is no legacy of animosity between the two clubs, no semblance of a rivalry.

It remains to be seen whether the City option is an acceptable one for Nasri. If not, and he is set on a move to Old Trafford, then Wenger's authority and reputation will have been eroded, and the fans' morale crushed.

ABU is an acronym that stands for 'Anyone But United' and came about in response to the club's dominance under Ferguson; but for Arsenal fans, readying themselves to lose an excellent player approaching his prime, it may as well stand for 'Anywhere But United'.

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Wenger / Arse will try all they can to not sell to us and flog him to Shitty. Nasri is the one to decide this now
 
Apparently we made it clear we wouldn't bid unless he told us he wanted to move to us. So in this sense, the admittance of the bid is also admittance that we understand Nasri wants to join us.
 
You know Modric, Wes and Nasri are all super players. But...

I think all of them need to play as part of a midfield 3....just can't see them bossing the midfield with a single CM beside them the way we play...

I mean as things stand you'll be looking at each of them partnering Carrick or Fletch in CM....just saying like....if we do sign one of them it will be very interesting to see how Fergie makes it work....

I wonder is there a danger this much sought after 'playmaker' that we are supposedly chasing this summer could end up like Veron?

Now. I've said it.
 
Well, we paid 16 for Young and around that for Jones, 25 million seems right.
Heck, Henderson 20 million? Nasri 25 sounds a good deal :D
 
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