Re: 20m for Nasri
mgreenz97 said:
Pinturicchio said:
No way he's moving to Paris. It's the rival club to his and Paris fans would definitely not want him to join. (He's been in some kind of war with The media from that city -lequipe and leparisien- and has been only talking to Marseille's media)
If He goes back to France it would rather be the new rich Monaco (they are known to have interest in him and Tevez) or Marseille (his former club) if they can afford him.
He doesn't care about loyalty, he'd move to Tottenham if they paid him right.
I disagree with you but that wasn't my main point. I was considering the probability of him joining Paris..
After the way Arsenal fans have been treating him for a year and a half now, I'd expect him not to have any loyalty to Arsenal.
But his relationship with Marseille is more specific. His family is still there, his folks still go to the stadium. And Nasri said he still watches every single game he can.
Back in June 2008, he had only one year left on his contract with Marseille and He signed a new deal just to help Marseille get a better deal on his transfer to Arsenal (Marseille ended up selling him for 17 M instead of 3/4 M).
In 2011, PSG were proposing him a good pay and it would have done him a lot of good to play there and definitely ensure his starting spot in the French national squad. He simply never negotiated with PSG, he negotiated with us, negotiated with Rags (Evra did some lobbying too), with 2 italian squads (Juventus and Inter) ; finally Vieira and Mancini convinced him to join us...
It wasn't an easy decision coming to City with no starting spot guaranteed (Which undermined his Euro 2012 participation chances). He had to earn that starting spot last year and he did just that, and let's not forget He kind of helped us grab the title with decisive goals vs Chelsea, spurs and a great game in the most important of derbies.
Of course If we can replace him with a better player, I hope we shift him but I'm not expecting 20 M deal as things are going right now (we're damaging his image and so damaging his market worth) and I don't expect Paris to try to land him. The PSG fans don't like him, not only for his bounds with Marseille but also because Paris Media have been treating him like crap.
If Mancini is staying and is really not willing to retain Nasri next season, I'd expect him to go on loan to France (Monaco or Marseille) or Italy (Juventus, Milan or Inter).
