Manchester City still appeal to Arsenal ace Samir Nasri

Posted Sunday, July 24, 2011 by Express.co.uk

Manchester City still appeal to Arsenal ace Samir Nasri
Samir Nasri still believes he could join Manchester City this summer

Samir Nasri still believes he could join Manchester City this summer and has told friends he has no intention of performing a U-turn over his Arsenal future by signing a new contract.

Arsenal are also braced for a new bid for Cesc Fabregas after Barcelona boosted their coffers by selling Bojan Krkic to Roma for £10.5million and agreeing a £4m deal with Chelsea for Oriol Romeu.

Arsene Wenger had claimed he will not sell Nasri, despite the fact he has only 12 months left on his current deal, but the Arsenal boss last night admitted he is now not so sure.

“It is not completely sorted that Samir will stay, but I want him to stay,” said Wenger. “He knows that. Hopefully we can sort that out in the coming weeks.”

Nasri believes City will make a move for him and is interested in potential wages of £150,000 a week.

Wenger will make another attempt to tie him to Arsenal with a new £110,000-a-week deal but France international Nasri has no plans to sign and has made up his mind to go – whether now or on a free transfer next year.

According to sources close to Nasri, he was assured in October that a verbal contract offer would be immediately put into writing but the club then took months to get back to him.

By then, Nasri had grown frustrated by the delay and had been made aware he had attracted the interest of other top clubs.

Despite the fact he is now convinced he will leave, Nasri travelled to Germany with the rest of the squad for today’s friendly against Cologne.