Arsenal seal Nasri deal
ARSENAL have completed the signing of French
whizkid Samir Nasri from Marseille. The Gunners have shelled
out €20million (£15.8million) for the promising playmaker, 20,
who has put pen to paper on a four-year deal at The
Emirates.
A statement on the player's personal website read: "We
inform you that Samir won’t be an Olympique de Marseille player
next season and that he has signed a four-year contract with London
club Arsenal."
Nasri has made 12 appearances for the France national
team, and was the was the youngest member of Raymond Domenech's
squad who failed to make it past the group stages of Euro 2008,
making two substitute appearances..
He has spent the last four seasons at the Stade
Velodrome and came to prominence in France's Under-17 European
Championship side in 2004. Nasri can play on either wing and won
the French first division's Young Player of the Year award in
2007.
He is seen as the ideal replacement for Alex Hleb, who
looks set to leave the Gunners this summer, with Barcelona and
Inter Milan all credited with an interest in the Belarusian.
