Wayne Veysey<\/a> | Chief Correspondent<\/span><\/p>\nBy casting public doubt over his readiness to sign a new Arsenal contract that was agreed in principle four months ago, Samir Nasri has lit the blue touchpaper for another transfer saga that will dominate the window.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n
Arsenal fans already fretting over the possibility of losing Cesc Fabregas are now facing up to the reality that their next most creative player is questioning whether the grass is greener elsewhere.<\/p>\n
However Nasri\u2019s comments while on international duty with France are interpreted, it is clear there are issues to be resolved between player and club.<\/p>\n
Many will view the Frenchman\u2019s desire to discover whether Manchester United\u2019s interest in him is \u201cconcrete\u201d as a clear ‘come and get me’ plea to the Premier League champions.<\/p>\n
Yet Goal.com<\/strong> understands that Nasri has no desire to leave Emirates Stadium – for United, Manchester City, Serie A, La Liga or or anywhere else. He is content at the club that brought him to the Premier League from Marseille in 2008 but his reluctance at signing the improved contract offered to him by Arsenal earlier this year is down to hard cash.<\/p>\nIt is believed that the club have offered him a five-year \u00a390,000-a-week deal but the player\u2019s camp have pressed for him to get pay parity with captain and top earner Fabregas, who is on \u00a3110,000-a-week after his own contract was renegotiated two years ago.<\/p>\n
It is now a game of poker and, just as at the table with millions on the line, sometimes confrontations come down to who blinks first.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/113500\/113529hp2.jpg\")
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Standard bearer |<\/strong> Nasri wants pay parity with Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas<\/p>\nNasri has a strong hand, and knows it. He has come off the back of a season in which he was one of the few players at the club to enhance his reputation even if his pre-February excellence petered out into the mediocrity that suffocated most of the team for the final months of the season.<\/p>\n
His contract is said to expire in the summer of 2012 \u2013 although this has not been confirmed by the club \u2013 and Arsenal will not allow a repeat of the situation which enabled Mathieu Flamini to leave for nothing under the Bosman ruling in 2008.<\/p>\n
Yet Arsenal hold some aces of their own. Should Nasri over-play his hand, they can call a halt to negotiations, tout the Frenchman\u2019s availability, generate an auction and sell to the highest bidder.<\/p>\n
\n\n\n| \n “<\/strong><\/span>We are in disagreement over the financial contract on offer, which we haven’t settled”
<\/strong><\/span>–\u00a0 Wenger on talks with Nasri<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nThe Londoners might not make a profit on the \u00a312m they spent on the player three years ago but they will be rid of a potentially disruptive influence and Nasri would no longer be in charge of his destiny.<\/p>\n The 23-year-old\u2019s future also depends on what happens to Fabregas. Should the Arsenal captain get his dream move to Barcelona before Nasri\u2019s contract situation is sorted, then the Frenchman\u2019s bargaining position would have been weakened. The contract on the table would make him the highest paid player at the club and Arsenal would have \u00a340m-plus in the bank ready to spend on a replacement.<\/p>\n In the eyes of many Arsenal fans, Nasri has committed treason by fluttering his eyelashes so suggestively at Sir Alex Ferguson\u2019s team. \u201cDo I want to go to United? We should see if their interest is real and if it is concrete first,\u201d he told TF1\u2019s Telefoot.<\/p>\n Nasri is regarded in his homeland as a plain speaker but one school of thought is that he had adopted such a flirtatious stance after Wenger said on French radio last week that the uncertainty over the player\u2019s future was purely down to financial demands.<\/p>\n \u201cAre we still in discussions with Nasri? Yes, but we are still in disagreement over the financial contract on offer, which we haven\u2019t settled,\u201d the Arsenal boss told RTL. \u201cWe are trying to extend the deal.\u201d<\/p>\n For a club who prefer to keep all transfer and contract negotiations out of the public domain, this was quite a departure from normal practice and hints at a disintegration in the relationship between the two parties.<\/p>\n Sources close to the situation expect Arsenal to offer a marginally improved contract with more performance-related bonuses.<\/p>\n If Nasri does not accept, then the Gooner will be a goner by the end of the window.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Link:
\nSamir Nasri gambling with his Arsenal future as he seeks pay-parity with Cesc Fabregas<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 6 Jun 2011 13:43:00 Samir Nasri – Arsenal, (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players ANALYSIS By Wayne Veysey | Chief Correspondent By casting public doubt over his readiness to sign a new Arsenal contract that was agreed in principle four months ago, Samir Nasri has lit the blue touchpaper for another transfer saga that will dominate the window. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":424223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-436780","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"yoast_head":"\n Samir Nasri gambling with his Arsenal future as he seeks pay-parity with Cesc Fabregas - 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\/06\/06\/samir-nasri-gambling-with-his-arsenal-future-as-he-seeks-pay-parity-with-cesc-fabregas\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Samir Nasri gambling with his Arsenal future as he seeks pay-parity with Cesc Fabregas - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"6 Jun 2011 13:43:00 Samir Nasri - Arsenal, (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players ANALYSIS By Wayne Veysey | Chief Correspondent By casting public doubt over his readiness to sign a new Arsenal contract that was agreed in principle four months ago, Samir Nasri has lit the blue touchpaper for another transfer saga that will dominate the window.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/06\\\/samir-nasri-gambling-with-his-arsenal-future-as-he-seeks-pay-parity-with-cesc-fabregas\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/06\\\/samir-nasri-gambling-with-his-arsenal-future-as-he-seeks-pay-parity-with-cesc-fabregas\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Samir Nasri gambling with his Arsenal future as he seeks pay-parity with Cesc Fabregas\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-06T12:43:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/06\\\/samir-nasri-gambling-with-his-arsenal-future-as-he-seeks-pay-parity-with-cesc-fabregas\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":779,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/06\\\/samir-nasri-gambling-with-his-arsenal-future-as-he-seeks-pay-parity-with-cesc-fabregas\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/06\\\/samir-nasri-gambling-with-his-arsenal-future-as-he-seeks-pay-parity-with-cesc-fabregas\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/06\\\/samir-nasri-gambling-with-his-arsenal-future-as-he-seeks-pay-parity-with-cesc-fabregas\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/06\\\/samir-nasri-gambling-with-his-arsenal-future-as-he-seeks-pay-parity-with-cesc-fabregas\\\/\",\"name\":\"Samir Nasri gambling with his Arsenal future as he seeks pay-parity with Cesc Fabregas - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2011\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/06\\\/samir-nasri-gambling-with-his-arsenal-future-as-he-seeks-pay-parity-with-cesc-fabregas\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/06\\\/samir-nasri-gambling-with-his-arsenal-future-as-he-seeks-pay-parity-with-cesc-fabregas\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-06T12:43:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/06\\\/samir-nasri-gambling-with-his-arsenal-future-as-he-seeks-pay-parity-with-cesc-fabregas\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/06\\\/samir-nasri-gambling-with-his-arsenal-future-as-he-seeks-pay-parity-with-cesc-fabregas\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2011\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2011\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2011\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Samir Nasri gambling with his Arsenal future as he seeks pay-parity with Cesc Fabregas - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/samir-nasri-gambling-with-his-arsenal-future-as-he-seeks-pay-parity-with-cesc-fabregas\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Samir Nasri gambling with his Arsenal future as he seeks pay-parity with Cesc Fabregas - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"6 Jun 2011 13:43:00 Samir Nasri - Arsenal, (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players ANALYSIS By Wayne Veysey | Chief Correspondent By casting public doubt over his readiness to sign a new Arsenal contract that was agreed in principle four months ago, Samir Nasri has lit the blue touchpaper for another transfer saga that will dominate the window.","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/samir-nasri-gambling-with-his-arsenal-future-as-he-seeks-pay-parity-with-cesc-fabregas\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/samir-nasri-gambling-with-his-arsenal-future-as-he-seeks-pay-parity-with-cesc-fabregas\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Samir Nasri gambling with his Arsenal future as he seeks pay-parity with Cesc Fabregas","datePublished":"2011-06-06T12:43:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/samir-nasri-gambling-with-his-arsenal-future-as-he-seeks-pay-parity-with-cesc-fabregas\/"},"wordCount":779,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/samir-nasri-gambling-with-his-arsenal-future-as-he-seeks-pay-parity-with-cesc-fabregas\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/samir-nasri-gambling-with-his-arsenal-future-as-he-seeks-pay-parity-with-cesc-fabregas\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/samir-nasri-gambling-with-his-arsenal-future-as-he-seeks-pay-parity-with-cesc-fabregas\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/samir-nasri-gambling-with-his-arsenal-future-as-he-seeks-pay-parity-with-cesc-fabregas\/","name":"Samir Nasri gambling with his Arsenal future as he seeks pay-parity with Cesc Fabregas - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/samir-nasri-gambling-with-his-arsenal-future-as-he-seeks-pay-parity-with-cesc-fabregas\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/samir-nasri-gambling-with-his-arsenal-future-as-he-seeks-pay-parity-with-cesc-fabregas\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2011-06-06T12:43:00+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/samir-nasri-gambling-with-his-arsenal-future-as-he-seeks-pay-parity-with-cesc-fabregas\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/samir-nasri-gambling-with-his-arsenal-future-as-he-seeks-pay-parity-with-cesc-fabregas\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |
![\"Samir](\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/112900\/112987_news.jpg\")
<\/p>\n<\/div>\n