{"id":288950,"date":"2011-03-04T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/04\/arsenal-midfielder-samir-nasri-win-over-barcelona-can-drive-us-to-glory\/"},"modified":"2011-03-04T09:15:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T09:15:00","slug":"arsenal-midfielder-samir-nasri-win-over-barcelona-can-drive-us-to-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/04\/arsenal-midfielder-samir-nasri-win-over-barcelona-can-drive-us-to-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri: Win over Barcelona can drive us to glory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Andrew Kennedy<\/h3>\n<h4>4 Mar 2011 09:15:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"84.9452908587\">\n<div readability=\"17.6884422111\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Samir Nasri gives Arsenal the lead against Leeds United (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/9ebcefbc121946_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Samir Nasri gives Arsenal the lead against Leeds United (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"64.3470982143\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> midfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/france\/7626\/samir-nasri\">Samir Nasri<\/a> has stated his belief that the north Londeners are a maturing side, and that victory over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/spain\/125\/barcelona\">Barcelona<\/a> in the Champions League could propel them to glory.<\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman has also hailed the form of team-mate Theo Walcott, whilst allaying fears of Arsenal fans by suggesting he will sign a new contract at the Emirates in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the<em> Daily Mail<\/em>, Nasri said: \u201cWe said we are growing, maturing. We still need to win a trophy because, if we don\u2019t win a trophy this year, it will be no different to last year. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut that win over Barcelona can drive us to glory. We know, after that victory, that we can beat anyone. We have the quality to beat any team and, hopefully, we will show it in Barcelona too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think for the team to grow up we needed the players to develop as well,\u201d he added. \u201cIf the players develop the team will always be better. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFootball is really interesting. It\u2019s not like tennis. It is a collective sport. If we all make progress the team will improve. Theo [Walcott] is having his best season. I am too. A lot of players have improved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have discussed it [a contract] but, like the boss said, we will sort it out in the summer. At the moment what is happening on the pitch is the most important thing. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to stay here. I feel really good being here. The manager gives us a freedom to play, and everyone has shown confidence in me. If I am this player it is because of the manager and the people at this club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old also discussed his turbulent international career so far with France, highlighting a disagreement with Thierry Henry over a bus seat and his dislike for William Gallas.<\/p>\n<p>Nasri continued: \u201cWhen I arrived with the national team Thierry was injured with a back problem. He wasn\u2019t there. So when I came, I was sitting in one place. I didn\u2019t know it was Thierry\u2019s place. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen Thierry comes back and I\u2019m sitting there, and he talks to me like, &#8216;That\u2019s my place&#8217;. And I said, \u2018Well, it doesn\u2019t have your name on it\u2019. But then he explained to me that he had been sitting there for 12 years and that it was his favourite seat and I said, \u2018OK, no problem\u2019. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said he could take his seat, and he told me to sit next to him.\u00a0\u2018We will watch a DVD,\u2019 he said. For me, there was no reason for it to be in Gallas\u2019s book.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I arrived at Arsenal it was perfect but then the book came out and I told him I didn\u2019t agree with what he had done in the book. We had another argument and we decided not to talk to each other again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/9ebcefbc121946_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/04\/2378677\/arsenal-midfielder-samir-nasri-win-over-barcelona-can-drive\" title=\"Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri: Win over Barcelona can drive us to glory\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri: Win over Barcelona can drive us to glory<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Andrew Kennedy 4 Mar 2011 09:15:00 Samir Nasri gives Arsenal the lead against Leeds United (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri has stated his belief that the north Londeners are a maturing side, and that victory over Barcelona in the Champions League could propel them to glory. The Frenchman has also hailed the form of team-mate Theo Walcott, whilst allaying fears of Arsenal fans by suggesting he will sign a new contract at the Emirates in the summer. Speaking to the Daily Mail , Nasri said: \u201cWe said we are growing, maturing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-288950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri: Win over Barcelona can drive us to glory - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/04\/arsenal-midfielder-samir-nasri-win-over-barcelona-can-drive-us-to-glory\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri: Win over Barcelona can drive us to glory - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Andrew Kennedy 4 Mar 2011 09:15:00 Samir Nasri gives Arsenal the lead against Leeds United (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri has stated his belief that the north Londeners are a maturing side, and that victory over Barcelona in the Champions League could propel them to glory. 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