TAZ wrote:I've been following the transfer rumours for a while now and i can't help but wonder where the british press got the impression that Wenger would allow Nasri to join Man Utd...the guy even came out to declare that that will not happen. There's talk of players exodus at Arsenal yet they are the same pundits who last season dismissed most of our players as inexperienced and weak.
There was talk of Rooney leaving Man Utd for Man City at some point last season but as it turned out the player was just after money. Nasri's story is not any different only that he's on the last year of his contract but still that doesn't mean Wenger has to sell him this summer incase he doesn't sign a new contract...kuna January window pia even though his price would have gone down. He'll probably get a new deal once Cesc leaves. Flamini was not a consistent player at Arsenal and i'm sure Wenger refused to meet his demands intentionally.
This Nasri story is just "funny". Apparently Dr. SAF wants to offer Wenger £20m, Wenger thinks Nasri is worth £40m, commonsense tells you, given that he has only one year left in his contract, he is definitely worth less than £10m and the final fact is that he might just leave the club for £0 next summer. Habari ndiyo hiyo. Not good for Wenger!!! He might be forced to sell Nasri at a throw away price or lose him for free.
Nightmare scenario: Assuming Nasri has his mind set on joining Man Utd, he refuses to sign a new contract and refuses to be sold to any other team. He leaves at the end of next season for free and joins... Man U!!! I'm sure Wenger must have had such a nightmare at least thrice in the last few weeks.
@TAZ - I agree with you. Nasri wants more money, and he will get it! Maybe even more than he deserves. The only question remaining is who will be paying. One more question, who let's an
underpaid, talented player run his contract to the final year? Wenger did a very stupid thing here. And some people still believe he is a genius.
Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good returns.