Samir Nasri is back on Real Madrid's radar after the
Spanish giants failed to tempt AC Milan and Arsenal to part with
Kaká and Cesc Fàbregas, respectively.
The Bernabéu entity are reported to have a verbal agreement with
Olympique Marseille that could see the 20-year-old join the club
next summer.
Now though, Madrid are hoping to press the French side into parting
with one of their prize assets immediately as their quest for a
creative midfielder grows more desperate.
After missing out on their main targets, Bernd Schuster is worried
that he will be short of creative options unless a star name is
added to the squad.
Nasri has admitted that moving to Madrid would be tempting, but
only in the future as his current ambition is to make his name with
l'OM.
Earlier this year, the two clubs held talks as the Spanish media
labelled the rising star as the new Zinedine Zidane, but unlike the
former Juve star Nasri was not ready to join los Merengues.
Despite being only their second pre-season friendly, panic buttons
were firmly pressed in the Spanish captial after Madrid were
over-run by Hannover 96 on Tuesday and a list of possible transfer
targets were drawn up.
While Marca believe that the verbal agreement put in place two
months ago for more talks to be held in 2008 will lead to something
more concrete, AS have led with reasons why Nasri would be a
success in la Primera.
Describing the French international as 'the new pearl of European
football', AS believe that both Pedja Mijatovic and Miguel Ángel
Portugal are preparing a plan to tempt l'OM into cashing in early
on the player.
