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An Angry Arsenal Fan's Open Letter To Samir Nasri
I wrote this letter to Nasri when he was first linked to Manchester United - now it seems like the move will be to Manchester City instead. Either way the anger inside me still rages...
'Canal Street? Yeeeessssssssssssss'
So you’ve had your head turned, but really, ask yourself Samir, what have Arsenal ever done for you?
I’ve often wanted to write a fan letter to Arsene Wenger offering my ‘advice’. Not knowing his home address the only option would be to send it to the Emirates. Where it would clearly get answered by the PR team with a generic automated ‘thank you for your letter’ response. So I’ve never bothered.
Right now though there’s another Arsenal player I’d like to get in contact with, and my letter would go something like this……
Dear Mr Nasri,
I understand you are currently facing a huge dilemma. I understand your concerns and fully empathise with your predicament. I’d like you to know my thoughts are with you during this troubled time.
I know it’s probably difficult to talk about the situation, what with your emotions being wrenched, and all these lies being written about you; questioning your loyalty, your lack of fraternité (that’s the French word for brotherhood, but you probably know that because your French. It’s in your constitution isn’t it, it’s written on the coins isn’t it…well the coins you had before the euro came along, remember those? In the old days? When tradition and history meant something).
I find it disgusting what the papers are saying. Everyday the same distorted themes are played out next to a picture of your smiling buck-toothed face. Themes of greed, pride, envy, lust, sloth….. all the seven deadly sins really.
I know you are hurt by these attacks on your character and you’ve spoken out against them in the strongest possible terms. Just last week you used your Twitter account to say “I just want tell you don’t listen the newspaper and the rumours I will let you know if something happen”. These were wonderfully eloquent remarks spoken from the heart and really should have silenced the critics and big mouths for good. But once the hornet’s nest has been opened these football writers just love to kick it into your face and watch as the hornets sting you repeatedly until you come out in welts and eventually die of toxic poisoning like Macaulay Culkin in that film My Girl.
(I love Twitter by the way, Samir don’t you? It’s such a brilliant medium for getting your point across succinctly. Especially when you’re an illiterate c*nt, with no understanding of the concept of punctuation and an extremely rudimentary command of the English language.)
I know these issues are hard for you to address, but I feel that if I bring them up you’ll have the chance to engage with them, work through them and find some sort of healing in the process. It will be cathartic. So let’s talk about it. Don’t shut it out Samir. Open up. There are people here who love you.
That f*cking fat walrus Hill-Wood. That dinosaur. That tight f*cking ba*tard. F*ck him, I say hold out for more. You’re worth more than £90k a week. Double it. No triple it. You’re priceless Samir. You’re the new f*cking Zidane!!!
Now, first off, I know you love the Arsenal, Samir. I know it in my heart. You are Arsenal through and through. From the moment you arrived Arsenal blood was flowing through your veins. You’ve inherited that noble line from your ancestors. Legends such as Ted Drake, Frank McClintock, Tony Adams and Ian Wright. You are one of them. You are one of us.
But it’s difficult isn’t it, when United come calling? It’s tricky. It’s a dilemma. A problem if you will. It’s like when you’ve got a really fit bird with decent t*ts, and you move in together but then things go a bit wrong, you have a bit of a fight with her and she lets you down. Your tenancy agreement comes to an end and you think about whether to renew it and then another bird comes along with bigger t*ts and she’s just bought a massive three bedroom house and she’s clearly loaded and she makes it clear in no uncertain terms that she’s prepared to lick your b*lls and tongue your ar*ehole. All the things your current bird doesn’t like doing. And you think “why am I sticking with my current bird? There’s loads of other birds out there. Rich birds, with bigger t*ts.”
I understand Samir, it’s hard. And then your current bird gets wind of the situation doesn’t she. And she’s begging you to stay. And then everyone else finds out what’s going on and they’re asking you “what’s happening Samir? Are you staying with her or are you getting together with this new bird or what?” And you don’t want to commit to anything so you say something like “first let’s see if it’s real and if it’s concrete.”
But that makes your current bird even more concerned doesn’t it? And the longer it goes on, the more your current bird begins to hate you. And she swears that over her dead body are you going off with that new bird. That sl*g. And the relationship festers and you look for a way out. And that’s when Bayern Munich step in isn’t it Sammy? The average bird who’s been waiting in the wings all the time to cook you shepherd’s pie, run you a nice hot bath, w*nk you off and tuck you in to bed.
We’ve all been there Samir.
Then there’s the money too isn’t there? You can’t ignore the practicalities. I mean, you’ve got to eat, you’ve got to put food on the table. It’s not cheap living in London. £90k a week probably sounds like a lot of money doesn’t it Nas? To poor people. It sounds like loads. It must sound like an absolutely obscene amount of money to poor people. But it’s NOT. It’s really, really NOT. It’s a pittance. That’s what people don’t understand. It’s almost an insult that Arsene Wenger and the board are offering you so little. That f*cking fat walrus Hill-Wood. That dinosaur. That tight f*cking ba*tard. F*ck him, I say hold out for more. You’re worth more than £90k a week. Double it. No triple it. You’re priceless Samir. You’re the new f*cking Zidane!!!
Look at everything you’ve done for the club for god’s sake. And people act like you’re being petulant. There was that penalty you scored against Spurs in the Carling Cup. The Carling Cup mind. Incredible. There was that goal you scored against Fulham. Fulham!! Not easy. Not with their defence. Then there was that time you er…..ummmm….that er….goal against……and all those troph…..errrrrr……and…. well, anyway.
What I’m trying to say is thank you for all the good times. Thanks for the memories. And if you do decide to go to United for more money and “guaranteed titles” with your friend Patrice (he seems nice by the way, humble, generous) well, I won’t hold it against you. You’ve your career to think of. We don’t want to hold you back.
So think about it carefully Samir. Don’t do anything rash. Talk it through with your representative Alain Migliaccio (nice name that, he doesn’t sound like a c*nt in any way) and come to the right decision for you and for Arsenal Football Club. But mainly for you. In fact…. F*ck Arsenal Football Club. What have they ever done for you? Make the decision totally on your own terms. Be ruthless. You’re Samir Nasri for christ’s sake. The best player of the first half of last season. You’re a god. A genius.
I’ll be sad to see you go. But not that sad. In fact part of me will be happy. For you, I mean. I’ll be really, really happy. For you.
Best wishes
Your number one fan
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Further proof that football fans are utterly devoid of any sense of reality. Would you leave your current job for a better one with better prospects and better pay? If not, why not? They're no different to the rest of us. Torres left us in January, under a cloud, but it was the best thing that could have happened. We held Chelsea's feet to the fire and demanded £50m. We're a better side now without him. Who knows, maybe you could use the cash to replace Nasri with Schneider or Modric!!!!! Blame anyone, blame your greedy shareholders who refuse to spend any money except on unproven goalkeepers; dont blame the players who just want to better themsleves.
Hi Jim. Actually no I wouldn't leave my current job for more money elsewhere because I like the organisation I work for. I respect them. I love what they produce. A sense of pride and working with decent people are more important to me than money. It's a shame footballers at the top of the game are insanely, intensely greedy. Not sure that the shareholders have any say in the matter. As for the board, I tend to think that offering £90k a week to a young player who has won nothing (literally nothing) in his career, is not an international regular, had two average seasons then half a good season for Arsenal before fading badly is more than ample recompense. For him to turn his nose up at it is quite frankly disgusting and we should send him on his way. We don't want players who don't love the club. You did well to offload Torres. He's never been that good. But he did more for Liverpool than Nasri has done for Arsenal. The Nasri situation is not really comparable.
@JIM So your saying Torres was as good as Nasri is now, when he left for Chelsea. You obviously know very very little about football. Players like Nasri and Rooney have proved they need to be bribed with more money from them to stay, they play for Money and Not success or for the badge.
Samir Nasri Can lick my Balls , let the little Weasel go , we will find something and someone better then him , too big for his forsaken boots , UP YOURS NASRI..
i even was cursing myself of my first day support to arsenal for it is difficult to the craziest fan like me who didn't miss to watch the arsenal game and finally becoming hope less in all respect just due to arsenals failurity. And ever since nasri joined the club i am thinking him like my brother and i do love him a lot that's why my heart is broken all there days. Hence i always dig internet atleast five hour to check his status but today i am really happy being crying and reading this letter to the living legend.
I agree with Raymond, weve already established he wants money more than success. He's owes Arsenal, no matter what the Utd fans say, he has come a very long way with Arsenal, they got him for £13m!, if he was valued at £13m now ever club in the world would be ringing Wenger
I agree with Raymond, weve already established he wants money more than success. He's owes Arsenal, no matter what the Utd fans say, he has come a very long way with Arsenal, they got him for £13m!, if he was valued at £13m now ever club in the world would be ringing Wenger
@jim,playing in a football club is not the same as turning up everyday for work.its about loyalty and passion,that's what fans(across the world) love about the beautiful game so to act the way nasri was an insult.seeing as you are a pool fan,it doesn't make arsenal fans feel any better that torres left pool' for chelsea(aka 11 aside)
Hi guyz, I'm quite suprised about thiese comments. Let me clear out 1 thing for my fans. I will never go to Manchester United. As a gunner I hate the club. I was wrongly quoted in an interview. When I was asked "Whould I consider to go Manchester United". The answer they published was correct. What I meant to say though was not what they published. What I wanted to say is I'm not even botherd about it because it's not true. Manchester United never made a querry about me. If I leave Arsenal one day I would rather go to the Sierie A or back to Marseile. Not anyone else, not even Barcelona. Right now we have discussions going on about wages. I think I'm asking for what I deserve. I love Arsenal, but the wages is a personel request. Let's see what's going to happen. Please bare in mind gooners I want to stay at Arsenal F.C. The only club I like in England and the only club I'll play for in England. Do not read any reports of me linking to another premier league club. Unless Arsenal FC sell me to them since they have the say of what I have to do till end of next year for now, I will not be going to another premier league club. I simply dislike other premier league clubs. I hope my fans understand and believe me. I promise if I do stay at the Emirates, I will do much more than I did last season. I will do everything in my football power to win us a trophy. Regards, Nana
i completely agree with this guy. samir wants to be paid more than cesc which is a joke. Cesc is a decent guy and yes he may be holding out for a move to barcelona but if it doesnt happen and he is still at arsenal next year he wont complain, he will just get on with it and perform to the best of his ability. he does it year in year out. now nasri on the other hand has does it from august to january in one season and god only knows what would happen if we had the same situation with nasri. he would be kicking and screaming throwing his dolly out of his pram at arsene wenger until they let him leave. good player but he thinks he is too big time for his own good. im not saying fair enough to demanding this ammount of money becuase it obscene but if he has performed consistanly for 3 or 4 season then he can start maybe asking for a bit more. its not even like arsenal are giving him pennies, 90 grand a week 95% of the population would kill to be earning that much money!!!
why the hate on Nasri? I want him to stay because he is one of the most talented players in football. I personally think he deserves to get a pay rise. From 90,000 to 110,000 seems right. Also Arsenal should raised there maximum pay to maybe around 150,000. I don't want Arsenal to be like Manchester or Chelsea. But Arsenal need to get with the times and pay a little more. Its only right. Also I WOULD RATHER CESC GO THEN NASRI. Its time Nasri moves into the middle of the field and play in his natural attacking position. Van Persie, Gervinho, Walcott Nasri, Fabregas Wilshere Vermaelen, Samba, Cahill, Sagna Szczesny reserves: Chamackh, Arshavin, Ramsey, Alex Song, Diaby, Djourou, Mannone We need some new players on the bench aswell.
Josh - I think the more money you earn, the more likelt you are to want more. Very commendable of you to have found your dream job, but i can guess that a majority of the working population would probably leave for better job, with better pay, etc. I'm only saying footy players are no different. As for your comment about the shareholders - if Arsenal had spent £20m last Summer on Hangeland and Given, they'd have finished a lot higher than fourth, probably would have won the league. Raymond - what are you going on about? All i said was that selling a prize asset at top dollar can be a great thing if that money is spent wisely. Torres was a 3-legged rocking horse by the time Chelsea came knocking for him, i'm not doubting that.
dear nasri , I hope that was you and you mean what you have said . I suggest you to play football the way you like . concentrate for the club you play and give the best ! thumbs up on your games for ARSENAL :)
hi guys, i'm a gunner from india. it's not fare for players to play just for sake of money, but their career lasts only for a span of 10-12 yrs, and so, their one of the important concern is money!! nasri is asked to commit for 4-5 yrs with no increase in wages in between, so paying him 110,000 per week isn't going to be an issue after all, our f**king money-minded board increase ticket prices, which is bared by fans. they sell players for high price and won't buy world class players too!! so why can't they increase the wages on promisingly improving talented gunners!! think abt it friends.. it is not wrong for a player to demand. bcoz club won't buy big, and also won't retain players too.. we only let off flamini bcoz of our stingy policy. to reach heights, money should be spend, either to buy or retain.. i think nasri is a true gooner..!! even he leaves,he would go to italy. as a player, he has showed his passion playing for arsenal. support players..! yu can't blame a player for some stupid quotes from interviews, as they always cook up news to gain importance.
if nasri wants away then its obvious he doesn't want to play, in that case f--- off i only want players who play for the ARSENAL. (money graber)
if nasri wants away for more money i say let him go and sign someone who wants to play for the ARSENAL.there's to much emphasis on money, selfishnes etc. im sending this email from my hospital bed, im self employed and may not get back to work for several weeks, (think on that Nasri)
HOW ?
whats the point of an opinion if you dont print it
i once had supper with frank mclintock. thoroughly lovely chap.
Dnt evn know what to say.... Ere in Nigeria, we are dsappointed abt d news but yet we stil love and respect u Nasri..... Sign da deal and lets concentrate on other issues.
Slag off your own manager. Slag off your own players. That should get the best out the club. Wanker.
football fans thin with their hearts, football players think with their wallets
*think
I really dont knw wat to say to you, you obviously dont realize what arsene wenger and arsenal gave to players like nasri, fabergas and wilshere. A bloody chance to play in top class football, a chance to improve, a chance to play with style and to give the world good football. What your saying is the perspective of football as a business, which has corrupted many fans these days. No other top club would have given nasri the chance to play first team football so frequently from when he joined us a few years ago. Especially faberags, he was given the chance to play football beside our greatest team, although we took him from barca, arsenal, the fans and wenger created who he is today, he is spanish not a barcelona player, he is an arsenal player, and was given the chance to play and improve under wenger, was it not for wenger he would have been undisplned like he was back in the day, arsenal and wenger gave these players a chance to believe in themselves, to have discipline respect, and most off all, a chance to play football as it should be played.
Well said Jim. Its funny how football fans stick together whatever the argument. All of you arsenal fans saying that you would stay loyal to your current employers if you were offered a 100% pay increase from a competitor are; in the words of Mr T; talking jibba jabba. Jim is obviously a Liverpool fan and I am a United fan and although we are supposed to hate each other I have to say that I agree with what he is saying. The issue isn't the players its the governing bodies that allow a team to pay whatever they want in wages. If every team was restricted to say £100k per week then you would have more players choosing to stick with the teams that they love and in turn more loyalty. If a team is offering 30-50k a week more, in a short career thats worth looking at. Fair play to you gooners for sticking together though, there's strength in numbers
Oh I forgot to say Josh this genuinely put a smile on my face and I even forwarded the link to my Gooner friend, I may not agree with everything that you said but it was a very amusing read.
DJ has the right opinion, theses renegades that go from team to team asking for more and more aren't worth losing sleep over. Ronaldo, Adebeyor, Fabregas, etc... I would have the charactor of a John O'Shea over these players all day long, they might not have the same level of ability but they would bleed for their team for a fraction of the price.
Lanray's correct though, there are far more important matters to attend to, such as should I dine at The Groucho or The Ivy Tonight? Should I try and convince Lady Harvey-Jones to grant me access to her tradesman's entrance? Why is the Milka cow lilac?
There must of been a lot of jizz over the author's computer after he finished writing this piece up.
yES. MY CAPS LOCK bUTTON iS stiLL stIckING.
Josh, what is that thing you're holding in your photo? It looks like a hedge trimmer but you seem to be suggesting you're going to cut through the trunk of a small tree with it. Please explain this and THEN we can talk about Nasri.
No wonder they call all football fans fickle minded
we gooners are very happy to hear such comment.all those gossipe were ment to distablise your game,its shame to them(man useless)hope this cash issue will be solved in a more diplomatic manner.by the way can money buy a person's loyalty,prestige,love and passion?i don't think so.You have a geat future with arsen,we know you people were frustrated,from the day we lost the FA,but all those are to the past,we just need to assess where the rain started beating us and seal such loophole.i gurantee you that you have our full backing on this issue,let someone not convince you otherwise.am you agent nasri for free here in kenya.arsenal is the best club for you,leave alone those Useless Rood,Nani Man,you deserve a team that uphold respect amongest themselve,other opponents,refs and fans,we don't want you to turnish your name and reputation you've built all these long. Last but not least is to thank you for this comment coz we have something to smile of.you make us proud Nasri.
Talking of 'illiterate c*nt, with no understanding of the concept of punctuation and an extremely rudimentary command of the English language'. 'but you probably know that because your French', shouldn't it be you're. Still a good read though.
Ive decided to write back to fans this week and so ill say this YE ARE NOT WORTHY!!!
we brought nasri in when he barely could define money but alas!, his world-classed and gotta feed niggers in algiers or rather paris. So gotta manchester united for all we care. I would have loved to call u a b**less b**tard but I won't, you are not loyal. So f**king leave.
Funny funny piece..I couldn't give two sh*ts if Nas stays or goes, either way I will boo his money grubbing a*s something chronic next season whether he's playing at the Emirates or Old Trafford! Adebayor Mark 2..tart! The sooner Man City, Manu, Chelsea and err Birmingham City f*ck off to a 'super' league with all the other money laundering gangster owned clubs the better! Although f*ck we're going the same way..David Dein the 'visionary', yeah right, corrupt tw*t who has hung around high rolling criminals too long & tried to sell us down the river with the offering of £££££££££ as a sweetner for the fans. £40million signings don't mean sh*t when the next tw*t is going to spend £100mill on the same player...in fact f*ck it lets pay a couple of billion and get the entire Barca squad at Arsenal..that'll win us a few f*ckin trophies..we'll feel we deserved it, yeah we had more money than the next guy so f*ck them we'll take more joy out of winning by buying it, just like I bought my wh*re of a wife off the internet coz I can't talk to real women..hahaha..in short, Nasri do what you want you tw*t, it won't make a difference.
Pity that the writer cannot spell the name of one of out ancestor legends as he call them, Frank McLINTOCK will be more annoyed with Wengers management than he will be getting his name spelt wrongly.
@nik players like john o shea do not club hop and money grab because they're capable players but relatively talentless when it comes to names like Ronaldo... I thought the letter was funny as intended, but bullshit in terms of facts. I'm an Arsenal fan and if I was ever lucky enough to be an Arsenal player I can tell you now that thought loyalty would definitely be a big part of my make up, Manchester United, Barcelona, Real Madrid et al are a once in a life time deal... Anyone who says otherwise is deluded to the point of being ignorance or just a plain liar. If you wanted to be the biggest/best in the world you'd want to play for the biggest/best in the world and though Arsenal are up there they're not THE team. Bottom line, if he is demanding more money then we should pay it if we genuinely want him to stay otherwise sell him if clubs are interested before he walks away for free... for one it makes us look like we're ambitionless, stubborn and careless to potentially new players! Imagine you're the next best thing, and Arsenal are hovering over you on the one hand you would be quite proud but on the other you would be quite suspicious. Footballers talk. If we try to buy a player from a french league, with one phone call that deal can be down the drain because though there is the opportunity to play great football the chance to really enhance ones career at Arsenal is sometimes a dream target
please stay nasri i just got you on my jersey last season id be sad if u go :( and with cece defently going ..:(
It's not about the lack of trophies, it's about the money. If Arsenal fulfilled his contract requirements, Nasri would come out publicly saying how he was never going to move and all the news were just rumours. Football is slowly becoming all about money, it is really starting to become annoying.
fuck cesc and that buck-toothed cuntbutler nasri can tongue the clag-nuts off my hole.
as always at arsenal, we loose a player another steps up, we lost viera fabregas steps up,. we lost cole, clichy steps up. at the end of the day if we loose nasri, fabregas. we have the likes of aaron ramsey waiting in the wings Wilshere will be better and better every season (and will never leave he loves arsenal) and the 60 millions we accumulate from clichy, nasri and fabregas we will buy a couple new star faces and they will be long forgotten. also to add i feel clear out the poor back ups like denilson, bentner, rosicky and vela the 12-20 million we could make off them could go towards players like baines, samba, oxlade- chamberlin. all i can say is getting the want aways away and clear wasters and rebuild ASAP!!!
Nasir should go now if he want cos he is not bigger dan our club we made him not him dat made us wengar know what 2 do 2 bring back smile 2 our face.and we can't keep a player dat doesn't luv our club.GUN D ENEMY DOWN.
As a gooner, I feel emotionally betrayed by this charade that Nasri & his agent are playing. I wish Wenger would give him a couple of slaps, tell him to suck it up for 100k and sign the contract as Fergie did with Rooney. By the way, whose f*cking fault is it that we don't win titles? Nasri, Fabregas, Clichy & other deserters who just aren't good enough to keep the charge going past December, that's who!
Josh, maybe you should send a spellchecker through your writing before you criticise others for what you imagine to be their illiteracy.
hey guys,i am a die hard arsenal fan from nigeria...lets assumme nasri knows what hes doing,consider a player of his calibre having evra as friend,eeing chicarito and smalling achievements..i dont think its the money,everybody wants to be attached to success....i want you all to vent your anger and reservation towards wenger..the foolish man...
I used to rate Nasri so highly as a player, but despite his goal scoring prowess this season he has massively fallen in my estimations. I just don't understand why he is rated so highly. For one he is incredibly petulant, constantly throwing his toys out the pram, kicking opposition players and mouthing-off when things arn't going his way, personally i have zero respect for that. You only need to watch him play a couple of games to realise he ALWAYS cuts inside, decent defenders started pushing him outside in the 2nd half of the season, and well he looked ordinary. Lets be honest too, he scored a bundle of goals when arsenal were riding high, put in a decent half season, then somewhat vanished. He still hasn't produced the goods over a whole season, or been consistent enough to demand any more money. He simply isn't the player most people believe him to be, yes he is good, but an underlying attitude problem will stop him realising his potential at arsenal, let him go.
You say you want to send a letter to Nasri? And have the letter typed? Surely, just post it on his twitter!! (:
> I wish Wenger would give him a couple of slaps, >tell him to suck it up for 100k and sign the >contract as Fergie did with Rooney. Hahaha... yes, he really SHOWED Rooney who is boss last fall. The fat diving bastard says he wants to leave and that the team is going nowhere and how do they take care of it? Give him 250,000 a week!!! Wow, how bold of Ferguson. When a player says the team sucks and he wants to leave, teach him a less and force him to take 250,000 a week and not a penny more. THATS how you deal with malcontents, right?
All I can say is - if Cesc staying means Nasri wants to leave, then fuck Cesc. We've lost players like DuDu, Toure etc. because of various reasons, but never because our manager is a stiff-necked cunt who won't chuck out shit players when he needs to. Let's not start now, how about it? Cesc is no leader on the pitch or off it, and frankly he fucks us around by staying and not saying to Arsene "I want to go to fucking Barcelona" and just pissing off. Arsene, send Cesc away, keep nasri for the next 5 years and win some fucking trophies. Rage over.
Am a stounge gooner n all media hype abt cesc n nasri leaves me hurt n angry,nt at da playas mentioned but at wenger n f**k money hungry mafia grp aka senile h.wood n his board members. They'v turn Arsenal to a feeder club,lyk da one tym top club ajax. They buy young players on cheaper price n sell dem at 200% profit,this fuckers dont use da money to reinvest in xperienced top class players,they'v reduced da club 2 a supermarket. Hw much was vieira,kolo, adebayor,henry et al bought with? Hw much were they sold 4? Ask urself hw those millions were used? Wenger n this fuckin board r drivin da club down da drain n da playaz r seein this, don b suprised 2 c the players rebelion with entual exodus increasing. No playa will b happy 2 c his side weaken while their opponents strengthen.
I fully understand your anger and as a United fan whether he comesto us or goes to Citeh to win trophies galore- I mean for the money and the odd trophy, sorry, is of no difference to you. Loyalty is what you want and I hope as a footy fan Sammy sees logic and stays with the Gunners. I enjoyed your article, humour and sarcastc as it was but enjoyable. Good look this season and as long as you dont win the league or the champions league I dont mind-you didnt expect anything else surely?! I hope Nsri doesnt get his head turned by mega money at city and yes I love Wengers attitude of not throwing money everywhere. However, times have changed and with the advent of the Arabs and CITEH clubs need to spend just to keep up or will do.Good luck, Bernie
There was a time when loyalty and having a pair meant something. Even footballers are becoming a large pool of pussies diving al over the place to concerned about their hairdo and their health. Bring back the drunks that used to hack it out on a swamp every weekend, that was far more entertaining.
Hello boys. x
The reason he wants to leave Arsenal is not about the money. The team is a joke, a bunch of individuals that need a leader to get them in order, csec doesn't want to be that guy as he given it a good enough go and it took wenger 4 years too long to construct a team good enough to keep up with him. Csec will leave and Arsenals slim chance of any glory will leave too, if you were nasri would you waste anymore of your career there?? Arsenal have never been further away from the title
Why are any of you surprised or disappointed by this? Nasri is doing what most other footballers do. Its just part of the modern game. He couldnt win Arsenal the league and he wont win it for City. After last year the team clearly needs a major overhaul, why should Nasri avoid the cull?
I don't see what the fuss is about, arsenal is club in decline. He said himself that he wants to win trophies, and arsenal haven't won since 04-05, what more do you want from him. He's better than arsenal.
Mr Nasri what have done for Arsenal? i know u can play well,but before u leave u must prove the world that u can do something at Arsenal.
I think he's a thief and a f*cking one for that matter. Even *RVP is not asking for increase in his wages. Let him go to a club where he will be paid S250.000 a week so that he can be among the top ten highest paid players in the world.
Samir is right.He needs to build a career for himself and if Wenger is unwilling to invest in the team and instead wants to heap mediocres and todlers Nasri has all the justifications to quit.I am 100% behind him
Brilliant. Absolutely fucking brilliant mate. And the same goes for Fabregas. If they don't both owe their heart and soul to you, me, Arsene and AFC, I'll be damned. They can go on if they like. Bloody foreigners. I could never see Jack or Aaron or Keiran or Theo pulling a stunt like this. All the more proof that we need more British players. Loyal lads who know what they're getting into, not mercenaries looking to cash out on OUR hard earned pounds.
What is the whole point of this spiteful and ill-intended rambling? What we hear about players or clubs is all through the media. So who is to say what is true and what is not. It is sad to see the fickle mindedness of fans who can raise players to the heavens or crush them six feet under all in a few minutes. Honestly, as a player Nasri would be not wrong in questioning Arsenal's ambition. Arsene doesn't seem to have any intentions of strengthening our defense. If at all, vent your fury at the way of things at Arsenal. Not the players!
Nasri should know that wenger is his dad, he should not let him down, where was man united and man city when he was in mars. fc? he was young talent but didn't show interest in him.what they doing now is to cause confusion during this pre season. let them go and pay their debts first.
Dear Nasir, i so much appreciate your honesty with arsenal and the fans. Your word "if i leave arsenal, i will like to play in mershell not in england" that tell how much you love your current club "arsenal". The fact is we fans like you and we wish you stay at emirate for the next future. About the new wage you requested for, you worth better than that. But don't quiet because of this.
You should watch this http://videos.tf1.fr/telefoot/blanc-et-nasri-l-interview-exclusive-partie-2-6518041.html he isn't misquoted he says the words himself - if utd are serious and theres a deal
Interesting that professional footballers are required to be loyal to a club - are the clubs just as loyal to the players who are churned every year? Are you expecting to see Samir or Cesc on the tube on the way to the match and in the pub after the game? Arsenal is a corporation - and players aren't charity workers.
Nasir please let your no be no and yes is yes. If you have mis-understanding with wenger principle, have a little bit care for the fans whose love and care for you. Stay with us. Up gunners 4life.
lol u mad
Nasri, Please please dont leave arsenal for those Rugby Teams. Without your flowing football and the way you dance with defenders these teams couldn't have signed from Marseille in the first place. Therefore its good to stay so that you can continue tormenting these Big Boys. You are worth 70 Million Euros and that can come with you extending the current deal. Hallo please stay we love you all over the world. Of course your wages will go up and ignore the above Manchester United Fan in the pretext that he is feeling for you, since when has the damn been on your side ever since you scored them those memorable brace volley's in your debut season. Please stay
I'm sorry, but did you really attack Nasri's slender grasp of the English language? The man tried to make himself more accessible to fans, and you're going to take shots at his English? Also, I'm sorry that you feel that Nasri has double crossed you. He left Marseille for £12 million, which I couldn't believe. Now, you're guaranteed to make more than that when you sell him, and you're still whining about his lack of loyalty to the club. What loyalty? You got him at a bargain. And why should he stay? Fabregas about to be sold, and Gervinho brought it. Last season, Marseille bought two top strikers from Ligue 1 clubs, Gignac and Remy. It's plain to see that the club's ambition is suspect. Perhaps if Arsenal had already brought in Benzema and announced that Fabregas would not be leaving, Nasri would be more inclined to stay. That's not the case.
Yes I did attack Nasri's "slender grasp of the English language". If he can't speak English then tweet in fucking French. That way, we English speaking fans from England wouldn't have to endure his fucking gibberish. Samir Nasri has absolutely no relationship with the Arsenal fans WHATSOEVER (like virtually every other characterless player at our club). We didn't get him at a bargain. He was shit for the first 1.5 seasons we had him. £12m is pretty fucking expensive for a shit, young, buck-toothed naive cunt. We've developed him into a decent player (not the world's greatest as he seems to think he is, but decent). Because you support a team in the French league where loyalty means nothing and every transfer is simply a stepping stone to a 'bigger club' it may be difficult for you to grasp the fact that we Arsenal fans actually want players who love our club. Like Thierry Henry did. It's a shame that Ligue 1 is so rubbish these days, evidenced by Lille winning the double, but it doesn't mean English football should copy the values of French football or continental football in general. But sadly it already has. And it's a fucking shame.
Are you being sarcastic?? I can't tell
@Josh Surtees Samir Nasri owes no loyalty to ignorant, xenophobic cretins like yourself. You, along with this noxious ramble pretending to be an article, are an embarrassment to the club. with love from an Arsenal fan (whose understanding of football isn't restricted to the back pages of The Star). PS The fact that a Frenchman's first language is not English (shocking, right?!?) is hardly a solid basis for any argument. must try harder.
though on that note, the recurring note of racism/xenophobia from "fans" (see the Eboue article on this site) is pretty alarming - idiotic comments like "English football has already copied the values of continential football" aside (because there's no careerism or money-grabbing or greed in English football, right?), are you lot serious about the whole hating foreigners thing? foreigners like Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp, Patrick Viera, Marc Overmars? Fabregas? Pires? Kanu? Lauren? Ljungberg...?
Wow. AM... so angry you posted two comments in a row? Embarrassment to the club am I? You don't think the club is embarrassing itself enough? Perhaps you don't. Perhaps you've already purchased the beautiful new home strip and got 'GERVINHOOOOO' on the back of it. Perhaps you think Arsene Wenger's transfer policy is an intellectual masterstroke. Perhaps you think I read the Daily Star. Perhaps you're the greatest football analyst of all time. Perhaps your grasp of irony is under developed. Or perhaps, and this is my guess, you're just another cunt who likes posting abusive comments slagging off writers and sticking up for greedy, self-serving overpaid Premiership footballers. I do feel however I need to defend three points: 1. this article is in no way racist or xenophobic, I haven't read the Eboue article but it's not written by me so don't associate it with me. 2. my comment about english football and the continent... where did the Bosman ruling come from? Where were players like Maradona, Gullit, Lentini et al traded for ludicrous money back in the 80s opening up the game into a money-obsessed industry? Where did the concept of loyalty in football begin to be eroded? On the continent. And English football has followed 3. This article is not "solidly based" on Nasri's appalling English, it merely mentions it as a statement of fact for comic effect and to deride the very notion of footballers "communicating" with fans in the modern age, particularly by the medium of Twitter. If you can't understand that then fuck off and read something else or better still go and buy a ticket to the money spinning Emirates cup where you can stare at Samir Nasri from close range and fantasise about sucking on his tiny penis.
This article is an example of how sarcasm should be used. Excellent :)
Hahaha, you really have your panties in a bunch. How about this: if you don't want to hear what Nasri has to say, then don't follow him on Twitter. Over 350,000 people do what to hear what he has to say in English. So, Nasri's slender grasp of English generates more interest than the hissy-fits you post. Also, calling Nasri ugly, naive and saying he has a small penis? Really? As for the Ligue 1 bashing, I think I recall a certain Didier Drogba being sold against his will, and complaining season after season that he wanted to return to Marseille. Now that Paris St-Germain has money, big buyers are sure to come to other clubs. Once we see a level economic playing field, we'll see what loyalty really means. Unfortunately, you're too narrow-minded to understand that. Ligue 1 is rubbish? Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize that having the same 3-4 teams top the league season after season was synonym to quality. Marseille was one goal away from knocking United out of Champions League this past season, despite not having the same ability to spend lavishly. Ligue 1 is rubbish, is it? There's a reason France humiliated England at Wembley in November, and you can be damn sure that player development in Ligue 1 was a key component.
You cant beat the smell of bitter Arsenal lemons, theyre so tasty and FUCKING DELUDED!
€285m to Bernard Tapie. Wow.
Wengar is 2 blame 4 dis messe cos what is happen in dis football club is some how buy a player dat wil win trophy 4 us he keep on diseve us.who is a player b/4 a club but wengar as turn dis club 2 small boy toil dat any player can just talk any how about i luv dis club and it always pain me d way player turn out 2 talk about it. Pls wengar do somtin so dat dis players will av respect 4 dis club.
It reminds me of when Hleb left for Barca! He had it all at Arsenal and where the F**k is he now? I hope he see's sense and stays, if not then use the money to buy someone who wants to play for Arsenal! Benzema is the missing link for us... but doubt we'll get him!
Josh Surtees "Hi Jim. Actually no I wouldn't leave my current job for more money elsewhere"... Completely void argument. 1) You do not earn anywhere near 90k a week and do not live a life of self indulgent luxury few mortals can comprehend let alone accept. 2) No one has ever head hunted you and offered you treble your pay to work for them. When these 2 things happen you are qualified to write an article - until then you are yet another delusional and bitter football fan who has no sense of reality.
Hi Willy Wonky, so you've read the first comment and decided to pipe up? You utter cunt. Fuck off back into your Sky Sports/corporate box world where you spend most of your time jerking off into a sock in the corner in a constant state of sexual arousal at the mere sight of a Premiership footballer. Your two-part argument is basically a) People who earn loads of money have the right to be greedy cunts and everyone else who earns less has no right to comment... this makes you a spectacular cunt (but you probably already know that). And b) Human beings in general are inspired solely by the offer of an increased salary. I have been headhunted and offered more money to work for other companies you presumptuous fuckpiece. I could earn a lot more money elsewhere. Not triple my current salary but that's irrelevant because Samir Nasri has not been offered triple the pay offer that Arsenal have put on the table, and if you think he has then you're a fucking spastic pure and simple. It really is time that football fans like you stop telling other football fans what is and isn't reality. Some people support Real Madrid and live in a world of sugar and gold and velvety pillows, others support Scunthorpe United and live in a world of piss, shit and misery. I support Arsenal (and there are times when I'd rather not when I see what is happening to our franchise....sorry, I mean football club) but I have no choice in the matter. Then there are people like you who have invaded football and made it an all together more cuntish place. Whether or not I'm "qualified to write an article" is not up to you to decide I'm afraid. What I certainly am qualified to do is call you a cunt. You cunt. So, thanks for your cuntish opinion. You cunt.
You wrote: "...Especially when you’re an illiterate c*nt, with no understanding of the concept of punctuation and an extremely rudimentary command of the English language." But you also wrote: "...but you probably know that because your French." So.... does that make you an illiterate c*nt, with no understanding of the concept of punctuation and an extremely rudimentary command of the English language?
yeah, cheers for making that point Dave. even though it's already been made several times before. you've really contributed something to the debate there. oh wait, no you haven't. you cunt.
Footballers are greedy? Go ask any player with a career ending injury if their club kept on giving them a salary after they left the sport. Josh, you work for slave wages. If you left your job you'd probably be earning slave wages as well. I can understand why you'd like to work with people you like under those circumstances, but you would jump at the chance to earn the amount of money Nasri does. Saying that you wouldn't because of your principles makes you sound like a naive, twelve year old boy. By the way your column sucks massive balls. Your writing is awful.
LOL and Josh Surtees calling people cunts over the internet. You look slight, friend. You should mind your words.
oh dear Gainsbourg... on the other post you call me 'nouveau riche' and on this one you tell me footballers aren't greedy. you really are a mixed up lad and you've pretty much mugged yourself off there. not entirely sure what 'slave wages' means but i'm not sure i like the inference. footballers today are greedy it's a fact. and they disgrace those footballers who went before them on relative pittances by demanding more, more, more for what is at the end of the day simply a game. thanks for your feedback on my writing style but quite honestly the day i take tips on writing a column from you is the day i hang up my keyboard and come round to slap you all over the shop you fat, sloppy, cock sucking cunt.
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