Nasri Offer Accepted, But We Might Get Screwed

Unpalatable though it maybe the agent is doing his job in trying to apply more pressure to get the best deal possible out of us. I can't imagine that anyone genuinely interested in Nasri hasn't already been in touch as the story has been in the open for a while now. It comes down to how much we want him and how much he wants to play for us irrespective of what the agent says or does.

Meh, if he doesn't come to the club I do not really care, from what I've heard he is a pretty good player with lots of potential but the club needs players who would fight to get in, not players who have to be coaxed.

I really have a bad feeling about this now, we have all seen this happen before Robinhio baptista Ribery etc surley if the player realy wanted to move to Arsenal it would have been done. Why has the agent only spoke about an offer from Arsenal and not named the other clubs. I spoke to my friend who lives in France and he says this kid is amazing and that we are getting him very cheap. I am praying this goes through or like previous seasons Wenger won't have got his number 1 transfer target which is becoming a worrying trend.

This little transfer is a microcosm of everything about Arsenal right now, if Arsenal fail to sign Nasri then they can forget their ambitious plans, there are onmly a certain amount of top class players in the world, all the top clubs are going for them, for far too long we have seen top quality players who should be at Arsenal end up in other teams due to financial reasons. Ribery anyone? Arsenal need to make their mind up, do they want to remain part of football's elite or not, if yes then they have to accept that the methods of doing this a far from ideal, if they ant to stick to their ideals then they will end up like an amazing underground artist who makes no many due to his principles about commercialism. This Nasri deal is crucial.

No he wouldn't and he shouldn't. If Arsne purchased a player for 30 mil I would be disappointed to tell you the truth. Also what people don't realise is the more big name players you get the less your youth players will grow, Fabregas was able to grow as a player because he was given the chance to play look at him now. If some big name was brought in to fill that position he wouldn't have had the confidence or chance.

Why do you care about the kit so much as professor calculus said this transfer is so important to Arsenal for many differant reasons.

"This Nasri deal is crucial." -- no it isn't and I wish people would calm down about Nasri. He's a fine player but don't go overboard over him. I would prefer Ben Arfa personally. Nasri's no Ronaldo or Zidane, I'm not even sure he's as good as Cesc. And he's an attacking midfielder so he couldn't replace Flamini. Also, please note that Nasri's agent is Jean-Pierre Bernes, general director of Marseille during Tapie's infamous reign over that club. Wenger was one of Tapie's and Bernes principal victims during that scandal, he was literally robbed of one or two trophies because of them. Bernes was imprisoned for his crimes and he does not like Wenger. AW wisely dipped into the transfer market quickly before the Euros but agents are wise to this and are telling their clients they might get better deals if they wait until after the tournament. However, from all of Nasri's comments I've read in the French press over the years, he's always wanted to leave France, and he's said he likes the idea of playing in England. He's also been complimentary about Wenger. I'm not freaking out about this deal, I wish people would just chill out over it.

The story about Bernes? That's common knowledge in France, he was one of Tapie's circle who bribed players in favor of Marseille. Marseille's league and Euro cup trophies were later taken away from them. Bernes was indicted for bribing players at Valenciennes to throw a match and served something like 18 mos. in prison. Tapie only served 6 mos., a miscarriage of justice.

I'm with jaelle here, the thought that missing one transfer target is somehow crucial is over the top. However, I also see the point that the Prof is making, coz there is no doubt in my mind that Ribery would have made this team a lot more dangerous this season. Like Nasri, he was also though to be more inclined towards arsenal coz of Wenger, and the French connection. That deal didnt go. I'd hate to see this deal scuppered. I've found myself logging into the official site 3 times a day to find out whether the deal has been finalised.

prof calculus ( and every other ****er that keeps harping on about ribery), much like nasri, ribery is a cracking payer, but FFS, we should not be wanting players that wish to whore themselves out to the highest bidder. ribery could have signed for us, chels or man utd, but he went where the most money was offered, bayern. He went on and on about playing at the highest level and how the champs league was so important, and then went to a side who had no chance of qualifying for it, bayern, in a league that is nowhere near the standard of the prem, serie a, or even la liga. i want players with the skill and ability of nasri, but only if they have the passion and love for the arsnal that players like glichy and fab do.

karley, you've never heard of Bernard Tapie and what he did with Marseille? Here's wikipedia's entry on him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Tapie He's a real nasty piece of work. AW would have at least 1 other trophy in his CV (maybe more) had it not been for Tapie. At least Marseille were stripped of 1 of their league titles but NOT their European cup, which at the time was universally denounced. Still is to this day. There's the famous story of an end-of-season game between Monaco and Marseille the season before Wenger left France. Monaco lost. Wenger headed toward the tunnel and Tapie was there, who shouted to him "I f---ed you over!" Wenger literally had to be physically restrained from assaulting him, he was deeply enraged, shouting obscenities and ready with his fists. The story of what Arsene and his inner core of staff and players endured at Monaco when Tapie controlled Marseille is one of the saddest stories in football. After that, AW left France, and wanted to leave Europe altogether, which is why he chose Japan. It's a story that just reinforces my great admiration for AW the man and manager. You can't fully understand AW unless you know the story. It's an even worse match-fixing scandal than what happened in Italy because in Italy, no money exchanged hands. I've read all of AW's biographies, I recommend this one, it has an excellent section on the Marseille scandal from AW's pov: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Arsene-Wenger-Biography-Xavier-Rivoire/dp/1845132769/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211490013&sr=1-1

i dont know why were looking for attacking players when its clear we need more centre backs, theres hardly a game where we dont score a rarely a game where we keep a clean sheet!!

Rocky, doesn't this article belong in the transfer rumours section? There is no proof that we have even made an offer for him, and as you mentioned it could be the agent hoping a link to Arsenal will make him more attractive to other teams and in fact there has been no Arsenal bid.

Man I hate it when people start telling their fellow Arsenal fans to "calm down" or "Don't get excited". Why? As if the people suggesting this have some sort of football wisdom which allows them to remain calm during what is actually a crucial summer for Arsenal. Fellow Arsenal fans on your high horses get the ***** off them, if you are posting on an Arsenal forum during the summer then you are no less excitable than any other Arsenal fan. Lose the superiority complex

Easy prof, no need to get your panties all twisted up.... I wasn't really having a go at getting excited about rumours as much as getting all worked up ( and calling for Wenger's head on various blogs) when said rumour does not occur - or takes longer than a day or two as seems to be the case with this one...