Respected French sports newspaper L’Equipe claim Marseille play maker Samir Nasri will sign for Arsenal tomorrow afternoon, before he returns to France’s Clairefontaine training camp to prepare for the forthcoming European Championships.
Young Guns reported earlier in the week about the possible transfer in the comment sections, however since then Marseille based sports newspaper La Provence have confirmed the transfer will take place for a fee of €17.5 million or around £12.5 million pounds. L’Equipe claims it could be as little as €15 million, with the player due in London tomorrow for a medical and personal terms.
Only recently Samir signed a new long term contract to 2012, but it later emerged that included in the deal was a release fee between the aforementioned €15-17 million Euro. He is expected to be the replacement for out going Alexander Hleb, which Young Guns speculated could be in talks with FC Barcelona. So despite featuring as an attacking midfielder, Wenger it seems will play Nasri on the wings as he has done with Robert Pires, Alex Hleb, and more recently Tomas Rosicky.
Nasri is expected in London early tomorrow morning, where he will meet with Arsenal officals to agree personal terms, and undergo a medical at the Shenley based training centre. He will then travel to the Emirates Stadium where he will be shown around, before having pictures taken for the clubs official website. His day will end as he flys back to France at 19.30 hours for French national team training.
Even the Samir’s fans claim he is on his way to Arsenal !
Article By – J.Sanderson
What have you got, Nasri’s itinery? Quality work mate, keep it up
great news :)
*rubs hands together* come on my son!!
Haha, all the info can be found on the web, its just searching about and of course knowledge of the club helps ;)
Brilliant! Always like Nasri. His style is special and rarely do you see a player play the game with such elegance and comfort. He’s got skills and a good footballing brain but he doesn’t use them to showboat like Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Quaresma etc. Reminds me of Zidane.
If he progresses properly I’ve no doubt that he’ll be world player of the year in a few years.
great news jay thanks for making my day., i watched nasri a lot and this is great signing im not sure he would be that good of a winger but lets just hope tomorrow afternoon arsenal.com will be officially declaring this deal true.
If this is correct then well done on the research. I am not quite sure how I feel about Nasri. Another creative midfielder playing on the wing. I am crying out for an out and out wide player.
Anyway, Arsene Knows.
Thank Mr Wenger for making your day mate, and for L’Equipe because they published it.
I’m just passing the news on haha.
Really hope that all this is true as we really need some quality addition mate. nice work though Mr Arsene.
Nasri would be an absolutely fantastic signing. This signing (especially before the Euros) will scare life out of the rest of the premiership.
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J sanderson, quality blog man, followed from a distance here for awhile. Live in france and saw the l’equipe article and you had a quick beat on it. kudos.
Quick question, what do you think this does to the Ben Arfa possibility. rumours were pretty strong on him too. I actually would prefer Ben Arfa, but Nasri is a really class player too. Just not a wide left winger type. Doubt will get both, you?
Thank you Arip09 and welcome to Young Guns.
Reports in France and from what i have heared is Ben Arfa will be a replacement for Nasri at Marseille, as he said he wanted to stay in France.
Let’s not get too excited yet. L’Equipe does have a history of sensationalism.
I am hopeful – but I maintain a player in the mould of Ben Arfa, ie a traditional winger, would have been better.
This is insane news.
It’s kinda difficult to type while I’m kissing my laptop screen so I’m gonna wish all of you a fantastic night, especially you Jay Jay.
I have been waiting all nite for this, great great great news.. thanks J. by the way do think if hleb does goes to barcelona, yaya toure will be involved in the deal? and will wenger go in for another creative player as that was the original before Hleb decided to jump off the boat…?
Fantastic news, this should send a shiver down man u’s spine!
Marseille Supporters Forums are already saying their ‘goodbyes’ to Nasri
http://www.om-passion.com/forum/viewtopic-19180.html
I ve just been on the L equipe website and there is no mention about Nasri going to Arsenal. Did you read that in an article appearing in tomorrow’s edition?
Yesss!!!
Bring on his mate ben arfa and see them link
bye helb!!! good luck in barca reserves!!!
swap hleb for diego
hopefully defo happen
Yes mate it will go on in the morning update of the site.
Regarding that image you chose of him: I am a bit concerned. Does he always play with an erection?
FUCKING GOAL.COM! Absolute wankers. They have your article, almost word for word. What utter cunts. Go on newsnow and (don’t) click on the goal.com link. It literally has your article copied and pastied
http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/20080428_075614_echange-nasri-ben-arfa_Dev.html
This is the last article referring to Nasri transfer rumours on L’Equipes website. Its dated April 18th and refers to a Lyon – Marseille swap deal… Ben Arfa for Nasri.
Good news the only player that can replace Helb and that is Diego no one else is better
I have reported Goal.com to newsnow. Dont worry about it mate.
also, interesting that if this happens, on the day of the CL final. Interesting ploy from Wenger!
I’m not sold on the Ben Arfa to Marseilles rumour, I just don’t buy it. That, of course, doesn’t mean he’s set to join us instead.
its best to say.. come back in 24-48 hours.. we will know then
yo JS since he is the replacement for hleb this must mean wenger will sign another creative midfielder and a flamini type. if hleb goes barce then we should do a swap deal involving yaya toure. i thin we should also go for aquilani as well. see wenger was right we don’t need big names we need big players and dats what we’re getting.
Maybe mate. Le Grove reported the other day that Wenger said somewhere he wont sign a direct flamini replacement.
whilst i dont know how true that is, it wouldnt suprise me. I would expected 1 more deal, and thats a central defender
Yeah he did say that Sanderson, said he had Diaby, Denilson and Song to play there already. What Wenger says and what he does have always been two different things though!
I’m also not sold on the Hlebs definately leaving stories either!
I feel we need more than just Nasri and a Centre back to challenge for all honors next year we need a good 4 players to challenge. Nasri, a left winger, flamini replacement and a centre back.
The most annoying thing about Arsenal IMO is that if/when we sign Nasri, the offical website will be so slow in confirming it
yh the arsenal website always takes ages to say whats going on with transfer news.
Nasri will get number 8, 12, 14, 16, 18, 23 or 28 when he comes and im guessing those are the numbers the other new arrivals will have to pick from. Squad numbers is somethig that makes the summer so good aswell because you don’t know whos gonna change and what the new players will get it’s bare exciting lol
I would expect number 8.
Vela should get 21, with Fabianski getting Lehmann’s 1
Almunia would get the no 1 jersey surely.
Fabianski getting the No 1 jersey?!?!? Controversial JS…
I expect another 2 signings IF AW signs Nasri.
oh isit Fabianski is getting number 1. i wonder what Almunia will have to say about that. Do you think Walcott and Bendtner will keep there high sqaud numbers or do you think wenger will give them more of a 1st team number?
also what number do you think Merida will get once he comes back?
Maybe, he has made 24 his own number mate, so i would expect he would keep it. Clichy didnt want 3 because he felt the 22 shirt would be unique to him.
I think Vela will get the No 14 jersey.
no way will Vela get the number 14 jersey. i think he should get number 12 or 18 or 21 because that was his number at osasuna
if we sign him and keep helb imagine our forward line
I doubt a striker would get Henrys old number, Wenger doesn’t work that way. For instance Freddy got Wrightys 8, Gallas got Bergkamps 10. He thinks it gives unecessary comparisions if a player of the same position gets the old number of a club legend. Its unusual for the first choice GK to want anything other than the no. 1 jersey. Being the number 1 means much more to a GK than any other squad number to any other position. Even if Almunia keeps his number for whatever reason, I doubt anyone else gets the no. 1 instead, because Almunia is the no. 1 and it would send the wrong message however small Almunia himself feels it to be.
Breaking news just came in people Arsenal have agreed a deal to sign Vince McMahon in a deal thats supposed to be worth £8 million pounds. Now who said theres no chance in hell ;)
hahahaha
You make a good point Pete.
Woow J.Sanderson, you can read French too! the news is so exciting and I’m looking forward to cheer him at the European cup.
I think Smair Nasri will get the n.10 from Gallas, and make a lot of gooners happy.
just wondering wont his arrival cause Walcot more problems getting a first team spot?
I can’t see Nasri or Rosicky playing as a subs for the club, but that is Wenger’s problem with players like Gibbs and Wilshere knocking on the door too.
I can now go to sleep feeling happy after being assured that something big will happen tomorrow and thats thanks to you.
why you want pley in arsenal?
No problem Reyes, football and Arsenal in universial, so its important to check everywhere.
I cannot confirm it will be announced tomorrow, as the Arsenal site is very slow, as everybody knows. Maybe Marseille will announce it. lets hope so.
Sleep well mate
Theo will probably keep the number 32 shirt. It was his number at Southampton and he has it personalised on his car.
So if Hleb is going to Barca.. What’s the chances of Yaya Toure going the other way in a swap deal.
JS how do you put you own site so it can be seen in news now?
thanks
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its a work in progress
In Arsene We Trust… Arsene Knows…
This is definitely good news, but i’m still keeping my fingers crossed until i see him revealed in an Arsenal shirt. Don’t bother waiting for Arsenal.com to report, it takes ages.
And if we don’t sign Ben Arfa, we could well be keeping Hleb. The goal here is to add to the squad in terms of players and quality, not replacing.
I think 14 should be retired.
Yeah, I don’t think Hleb is leaving at all. That’s the whole point is to be able to rotate good players and cope with injuries.
wicked news! but i read some commnets and some1 made an interesting point about hleb going 2 barca and the deal might involve yaya toure but we have 2 consider that HLEB DOESNT LIKE NOISY PLACES hahahaha and i wonder if barca wud be a place we wud wanna go to cause they are quite noisy…….:O
nasri may finally signal the end of eboue..haha
I think Hleb will be leaving. He wants too much to live in a “small town” like Milan or Barcelona where he can eat all the ice cream he wants.
I am so excited for next season now, Nasri will be amazing. Merida, Vela and Nasri will all be exciting addisions to our attacking force.
hey just wondering is merdia returning to the first tea next season. how far does whilshire have to go before making the bench ? great blog
Everytime i get excited about a good player signing for us…the deal collapes and i end up disappointed. Please let this be true…i want to believe but i don’t wanna jinx it.
How creditable is the source?
I hope w get Ben Arfa too.
you may well be right however no paper is accurate with transfer rumours, having spent a fair bit of time in France in summer time i can tell you that L’Equipe comes out with its own share of bull too
I understand, that Nasri will not play on central midfielder position, but on the wing. My question is – which one? Everybody says that he will replaced Alex Hleb, but what will be if Alex stays? IMO he will be left winger, with Hleb/Theo first choices on the right side, and world glass Rosicky as a cover ;-)
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BIG BOY SIGNING
Does this mean we won’t be signing Zarate?
Great news, cheers J.
i know vela and he said hes getting the number 29 shirt guys, he said its already his but needs a bit on confirming
Welcome Nasri!.We are still waiting for Villa or Cruz b’se Adebayor is somehow hopeless.
Zarate is going to Pompy
NOOOOO NASRI STAY MARSEILLE…..but if he was to go ne where id rather arsenal.. hahah ive been telling everyone i know about him since 2 years ago now everyones gonna know him..
Guys, one at a time… If Wenger is to buy anyone who is going to play in Euro 08, it’ll be before the tournament starts, before price escalates.
By Euro 08, you’ll roughly know who we wont be buying.
Wait? People actually thought Zarate was coming? I know J is a young’n but seriously you’d think most of you would have worked out how the transfer window works.
Great news on AW getting his creative player, an excellent choice! He is not Hleb’s replacement, he is still on our payroll. IF he leaves, and the party line has never changed from AW wanting him to stay, then it is fair game for Theo or a signing, but Nasri isn’t his replacement.
Keep up the good work J.
Aulas has been quoted as saying we have made contact with him about Ben Arfa. He also said he’d prefer to keep him in France, but I think thats Aulas being crafty, he also said if the offers are the same he’d sell him to Marseiles, basicaly hes trying to get the price up like he always does. Strangely though he also said L’om have yet to make contact with him, so that seems to make the rest rather a mute point in my eyes!
Carlos Vela already have the number 29 shirt reserved for him. That was the number he would have had if he was recalled in January, and that is what he will wear the first time in arsenal.
Otherwise i believe that it’s possible that Randall takes on the 26 if Bendtner is changing, and Barazite gets the number 28. I just thinks those number would fit nicely to their names on the back of the shirt ;)
i think it will be nice if we sign them both. young player of the year 2007, nasri and young plaayer of the year 2008, arfa.
man! what a team we will have plus swap deal with hleb for yaya and the acquesition of a central defender? i am already excited.
I want Ben Arfa as well but if Nasri comes I think the chances are very slim. But what a dream come true it would be!! First I didn’t want Hleb to leave but now I really want him to leave. I hope will get at least 20 million for him and get Hatem Ben Arfa with that money… and the cherry on the cake would be if we could land Miguel Veloso as well!! I don’t agree with people thinking Wenger will add a centre back… He already sad that Song will play as centre back in the future! I haven’t heard him say that either Senderos or Djourou will not be staying… SO TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO THINK WENGER WILL BUY A CENTRE BACK!! What makes you think he will do that?!!
“SO TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO THINK WENGER WILL BUY A CENTRE BACK!! What makes you think he will do that?!!”
Wenger said so at the AST 2 weeks ago, to deal with the “problem of long balls down the middle”
I’m not sure whether Nasri is the player we’re looking for. He’s a fantastic player and could definitely add something to our squad. However the true question of this summer is can we add players to our squad not replace our players that has had a great season and that are now thinking of leaving. I don’t want Arsenal to start its rebuliding again. I think we must keep Hleb. Thinking of all the injuries Rosicky has had, Eboue, Walcott and Hleb will be too thin to match a squad like Man U:s for a whole season. Honestly, that has been way too evident this season and I can’t stand it another one. We definitely have the quality, but we need to dig deep now to find that killing mentality that we hade 03-04.
Then we played fantastic football with a killing mentality. Now it’s just back to fantastic football.
A dream would be to see YAYA AT ARSENAL! But i guess that will never happen!
I might be the first swedish guy who decides to have a few words at this blog..
Thank you guys!
And hey, I think Nasri -if he comes- will be a great addition, hovever we need to add not replace players..
Did any of you see Nasri’s picture on Skysports.com?? He looks like the French lady that got the first face transplant!
Our possible new defensive midfielder,
http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psg.fr%2Ffr%2Fhome%2Fhome.html&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=fr&tl=en
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Chantome
Neal S I missed that! thnx anyway will see what happends I’m done trying to figure out what positions he will buy players for. I hope that he can sign all his targeted players before euro 2008 :D
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“Neal S I missed that! thnx anyway will see what happends I’m done trying to figure out what positions he will buy players for. I hope that he can sign all his targeted players before euro 2008”
Theres a good report on the AST meeting @ arsenalinsider (seee links). Includes the CB reference and that he wants to have completed “2-3 signings in the next 3 weeks” which I assume means before euro 2008 starts.
Clement Chantome any info on this player
Making big moves now…bout time we showed Man U the levels
hey J, the skysports article mentioned that we were after chantome from PSG, you know anything about him? all i found out is he’s a hard working CM (no prizes for guessing who he’d replace) and a lad from ghana
great news but I will not believe anything until it is official but I honestly hope it is true
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Im delighted, hes brilliant, hes got skill, oace, flair, awereness, end product, gets assists, definatly our kind of player
BBC are now saying that it’s virtually a done deal. They are reporting 10 mill but then again to the BBC every deal is for 10 mill regardless haha!!
Well, he’s a clever young footballer in the mould of the once great Didier Deschamps. He is said to be an intelligent football with good ball winning expertise as well as a good passing range. He currently plays for Paris Saint Germain as has featured int heir first team for the last 2 – 3 seasons having previously come through the PSG youth academy.
His Wiki states:
Of all players likely to hold a long-term future with PSG, Chantome looks a good chance to retain his spot and develop further into a player of real class. His call-up to France’s U/21 squad in October of 2006 is testament to the regard in which he is held by the FFF.
And that’s a major reason why Arsene is keen on bringing him in. The fee is unknown but not believed to be a huge fee…
I read l’Equipe here in France this morning. Usually pretty reliable. it had a big article about Nasri, including long speculation about how he will play with Fabregas. There was also an article saying Ben Arfa is definitely his replacement at Marseille. Aulas says he is open to the transfer, and apparently at the end of their last match, Ben Arfa was very keen to find out if marseille had won and were in the Champs league. We can forget him, for now anyway!
ive liked nasri since ive frist saw him i reily do home we sign him becasue he is like the best french youngster ive seen in ages reily and is there any more tranfers coming in yet
Jsan
How does this affect the Ben Arfa negotiations/pursuit? Is there a chance we can add both and would you call it likely?
Great job on the site.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A36243092