Samir Nasri interview

Tugay One Cup said:
What's the relevance of their respective nationalities?

You don't seriously think Mancini expected anyone to work any harder than Pep does, do you?

Do you think Dzeko was lazy? Kompany?

I don't think you even read the interview transcript.
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No relevance its just stating what they are. Why would I think komps was lazy? Dzeko is an odd choice btw. Also why mention Pep? That's so odd why Is sticking up for one manager detrimental to another. Very odd indeed.

I've come to the conclusion you haven't a bloody clue what you're talking about. Best leave it there. Not getting irate over something Nasri said nor your lllogical ramblings.

Have a good weekend and fingers crossed for a good result tonight.
 
halfcenturyup said:
Excellent summary. To the point, unbiased and informative. Unlike some of the other posts. Fill us in on the rest of the interview when you are done?
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An interesting detail that is not in the necessarily short summary of the OP.
City put an offer on the table via Gary Cook. It was a generous contract (Nasri doesn't mention the figure, but it's obviously high). Nasri and his agent were prepared to go for that. Then Cook phones again, and says (to his agent), “You know, we've got this problem with FFP coming up, we've had to revise the offer downward”. Again, the figure isn't given, but you can tell that it was substantially lowered. Nasri was present, and took the phone from his agent. He simply said, “Do you take me for a fool? You gave me your word, and I gave you mine. It's a question of honour. That's it, the deal's off.”
Mancini gets wind of this, and directly phones the Sheik. The conversation (according to Nasri, although I don't know how he'd know, unless Mancini told him afterwards) took about three seconds (obviously an exaggeration, but then Samir is a Marseillais, and they're famous throughout France for that!). Anyway, it was short and to the point. Now according to Nasri, he then gets a call from the club — he doesn't say exactly who, but it wasn't Cook, obviously — and they say to him, in effect, “What do you want?”, i.e. what do you want as in name your price. Nasri said, “I want nothing more than the original contract which you people gave me your word on”.
The rest is history.
Another interesting detail: Mancini absolutely laid into Vincent after the defeat against Sunderland, in front of his team mates in the dressing room (Nasri doesn't say as much, but they were all clearly there). He's discreet enough not to say exactly what terms Roberto used, but he makes it clear that it was really, really insulting.
Now I love Roberto, because as everyone says, he turned it all round for us. He'll always have our gratitude for that. But I love Vinnie more. We'll never be a party to what happened exactly — and that's at it should be — but it's difficult for me to see why you should pick out your captain (and, by the way, an apparently exemplary human being, although I've never met him) for a public humiliation.
Anyway, I don't personally want to get into the discussion of who was better, Mancini, Pellegrini, Pep. Different times, different teams, different remits. I really don't. We've been moving onwards and upwards (there's a cliché for you) since about 2010. And it's not finished yet. Managers come and go. Players come and go. Even stadia come and go!
Only MCFC is permanent. And us, the supporters, for as long as we're on this earth.
 
Talented player but openly says in that interview that he only came for the money. He couldn't work with Mancini because Mancini called him out when he wasn't trying. Loved working with Pellers because he didn't ask too much of him. Ended up getting fat. Despite being a little porker he claims that Pep wanted him as an integral part of his team but left for Seville because its sunny. Having said all that he was a major factor in the 2012 title winning team. Thanks for the memories Samir
 
Didsbury Dave said:
Oh god, the Mancini lovers heads are going to spin off again. That might be the whole squad now who’ve gone public on what a dick he was.
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Firstly, that interview is fantastic, what an insight. I love the bit about Yaya Toure. However, re your Mancini comment, I thought the day it was announced he was leaving. Was the time, most people found out what a dick he had been to everyone? Despite that, a lot of people I speak to chose not to care, and still give him his dues. Personally myself, I still love him, he helped us win the FA cup and the league. He helped start the engine of what this club has become. I loved his time as manager, we played great football and had some incredible matches, specifically the 6-1 at OT. If he was a dick to the players or not, I don’t care. Brian Clough was a dick to most people and gets huge admiration, Ferguson too.
 
Loved the little dink finish vs Chelsea in such an important game. I was there that night and it was a brilliant atmosphere. Class player Nasri.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
An interesting detail that is not in the necessarily short summary of the OP.
City put an offer on the table via Gary Cook. It was a generous contract (Nasri doesn't mention the figure, but it's obviously high). Nasri and his agent were prepared to go for that. Then Cook phones again, and says (to his agent), “You know, we've got this problem with FFP coming up, we've had to revise the offer downward”. Again, the figure isn't given, but you can tell that it was substantially lowered. Nasri was present, and took the phone from his agent. He simply said, “Do you take me for a fool? You gave me your word, and I gave you mine. It's a question of honour. That's it, the deal's off.”
Mancini gets wind of this, and directly phones the Sheik. The conversation (according to Nasri, although I don't know how he'd know, unless Mancini told him afterwards) took about three seconds (obviously an exaggeration, but then Samir is a Marseillais, and they're famous throughout France for that!). Anyway, it was short and to the point. Now according to Nasri, he then gets a call from the club — he doesn't say exactly who, but it wasn't Cook, obviously — and they say to him, in effect, “What do you want?”, i.e. what do you want as in name your price. Nasri said, “I want nothing more than the original contract which you people gave me your word on”.
The rest is history.
Another interesting detail: Mancini absolutely laid into Vincent after the defeat against Sunderland, in front of his team mates in the dressing room (Nasri doesn't say as much, but they were all clearly there). He's discreet enough not to say exactly what terms Roberto used, but he makes it clear that it was really, really insulting.
Now I love Roberto, because as everyone says, he turned it all round for us. He'll always have our gratitude for that. But I love Vinnie more. We'll never be a party to what happened exactly — and that's at it should be — but it's difficult for me to see why you should pick out your captain (and, by the way, an apparently exemplary human being, although I've never met him) for a public humiliation.
Anyway, I don't personally want to get into the discussion of who was better, Mancini, Pellegrini, Pep. Different times, different teams, different remits. I really don't. We've been moving onwards and upwards (there's a cliché for you) since about 2010. And it's not finished yet. Managers come and go. Players come and go. Even stadia come and go!
Only MCFC is permanent. And us, the supporters, for as long as we're on this earth.
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Thanks for that too :)
 
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