It seems that, yet again, the Nasri transfer seems to be finally nearing completion. I think I’ve probably said this about five times in the last two weeks, but nevertheless, it also appears to be falling into place when you consider the factors involved.
We know that Nasri wants to move here, and many reports have stated that we have agreed a fee subject to certain technicalities with the recently signed contract that Nasri agreed to with L’OM. We also know that Wenger definitely wants him, as you can tell by his comments on the previous article that I wrote on this story.
But due to Euro 2008 commitments, it is very hard to get the promising young Frenchman to actually sign on the dotted line, as he is not guaranteed a place in the France squad for the tournament and so has had to work hard in earning a chance in Austria and Switzerland this summer. But with Ecuador playing France yesterday, it leaves today and tommorrow relatively free for Nasri to sign a deal, and this would be my guess to when he will be signed up. This is backed up by these latest quotes by his agent:
“He will leave OM. It will be done in the coming days. Arsenal’s offer has caught his interest from a sporting point of view”, Bernes told local TV station LCM yesterday. ”I think that in his career plan, it is something very interesting for him.”
So if he hasn’t signed by Friday, I would start to get anxious about this deal, but it seems pretty clear cut to me…I think.
Meanwhile, there have been reports that Wenger himself all but confirmed the deal while commentating on France’s friendly with Ecuador yesterday, stating that the deal was “almost done”. Fingers crossed then Gunners. By the way, in the game with Ecuador yesterday, Nasri impressed on the right of a 4-4-2, a position that has a similarity to the role that I believe he would play in at the Emirates, as he outshined another Arsenal target Ben Arfa on the flanks with a clever and hardworking display.
Wenger quotes (in French): http://news.maxifoot.com/info-079014_80527/football.php
Nasri’s Agent (in French): http://www.france-info.com/spip.php?article140794&theme=70&sous_theme=70
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