Nasri agrees to join Arsenal from Marseille
French international midfielder Samir Nasri has agreed to join Arsenal from Olympique Marseille on a long-term contract for an undisclosed fee.
Nasri (21), who made two appearances for France in Euro 2008, was voted as the French Ligue 1 'Young Player of the Year' for 2006/07 and was also Olympique Marseille's Player of the Year for 2007.
Nasri, has made twelve appearances (scoring twice) for the French national team, making his debut for his country in March 2007 in the 1-0 friendly win over Austria. He was also a French Under-21 international and part of the French Under-17s who won the European Championships in 2004.
The young attacking midfielder made 145 appearances (scoring 11 goals) for Olympique Marseille, during which time he won the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2005, was a French Cup runner-up in 2006 and 2007 and helped his side into third place in Ligue 1 last season, thus securing a UEFA Champions League place for next season.
Manager Arsène Wenger said: "We are delighted to be signing Samir Nasri. He is young, quick and technically an outstanding player. He has shown great potential with his performances for Marseille and the French national team over the past two seasons and he will add great quality to our squad."
Nasri added: "I'm very happy to become an Arsenal player, it means such a lot to me. This is a very important step in my life as a football player because Arsenal is a massive club. I really hope everything will go well for me here. I will do my best for Arsenal and its fans and I am honoured to be part of such a great football club."
Samir Nasri is due to join up with his new Arsenal team mates for pre-season training on 21st July.
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To me he sounds like a very good player. Should be interesting to see him next season.
Paul
he is young and pretty good
Fazz
i wish he came t o tottenham hes great
he comes from my country (not france)
his parents^^^
-E.A-
One for the future............
He did put in some good performances from Marsielle though
dan_brown1
yes he is going to be a great player i think!
he performed well at the euro's aswell.
Well Done Aswerne
Bradley
anyone heard about Garreth Barry
could make a surprise move to Arsenal
also, we have a 18mil bid on Jan Huntelaar
balabangla
even as a man united supporter im glad that nasri went to arsenal as he is such a lively young talent that should fit perfectly into arsenals playing style. But obviously united are better. n huntelaar better come to united and u can have arshavin.
Ryan
Nasri is young and enthusiastic. With the right guidance from Arsene Wenger, he could become one of the World's best players.
Really good signing, in my opinion. He will fit in well with the rest of Arsenal's squad.
-E.A-
Bradley wrote:
anyone heard about Garreth Barry
could make a surprise move to Arsenal
also, we have a 18mil bid on Jan Huntelaar
Rotfl at Gareth Barrry Surely not!
As for Huntelaar, good player....... But 18 mill...Mmmmmm
Bradley
Emporio Armani wrote:
Bradley wrote:
anyone heard about Garreth Barry
could make a surprise move to Arsenal
also, we have a 18mil bid on Jan Huntelaar
Rotfl at Gareth Barrry Surely not!
As for Huntelaar, good player....... But 18 mill...Mmmmmm
Liverpool dont want to pay over 15mil for Barry, so we might be offering 18mil
he is not worth it.... still a good player though
-E.A-
Gareth Barry is good, but 18 million is way too much!
dan_brown1
yeah he is but id say about 10 mill tops
-E.A-
12 mill for me.....
laura.k
He would fit in at liverpool better would be great with gerrard like he is when plays for england.
Nasri is a great buy i didn't see much of him in the euro's but hardly suprising seen as they lasted bout 2 mins!
Some premiership team should buy arshavin definately just not sure who he would be best at.
Surely not!