Big-spending Manchester City are interested in signing Arsenal’s Samir Nasri and Gael Clichy, according to the latest reports which see the Eastlands side start their transfer hunting. With both players having just one more year remaining as Gunners players, the two are likely to leave the Londoners with whom they have been struggling to set remarkable performances. Nasri, who has signed the Emirates side back in 2008 lacks a trophy with Arsene Wenger’s side who failed to take this term’s Premier League title despite being top at one point. The 24-year-old has scored 18 goals in 85 appearances with Arsenal, having also become a cornerstone in French manager’s squad.
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Clichy is also among the departing-list, according got the English reports who might become a City player in the near future. Winner of one title, the 2004 Community Shield and 2005 FA Cup trophies, the 25-year-old left back is reported to leave the Gunners after eight years in which he scored one goal and gathered 187 appearances with Wenger’s side. Manchester City haven’t made any big move yet, but are likely to concede Emmanuel Adebayor to Real Madrid for which he has played as a loan since January. Jose Mourinho showed his desire to keep the Togolese who managed to score five goals in 14 games with the Santiago Bernabeu side with which he reached the UEFA Champions League semi finals.
Roberto Mancini’s side finished the season third with the same number of points as former defending champions Chelsea, 71, nine behind the new champions Manchester United. Although they failed to make the Europa League superior phases, City will play in next term’s UCL group stage thanks to a great season end which brought them a precious podium place. Apart from Nasri and Clichy’s departures, Cesc Fabregas is still under a pending state. FC Barcelona are still struggling to bring him back to Camp Nou, although the English are not willing to let him go that easily. The Catalans have offered a 27 million pound-deal Arsenal refused to consider.
Arsene Wenger declared these days that he and his staff are on a ‘waiting period’, refusing to mention whether the Spanish playmaker will leave London this summer or not. “We are in a waiting period, everybody is waiting for the other clubs’ moves. Everybody has their cards in their hands, hoping for the big transfer. There is nothing moving yet. The period will me more active at the end of July when we will need to really strengthen the team,” said the Frenchman who, for one, he wouldn’t let Fabregas leave the Emirates.
However, the Spanish and European champions are thus expected to improve their bid for their former player who finished this term with three goals and 11 assists in 25 league games. Overall, the 24-year-old, who has signed Arsenal back in 2004, has scored 35 goals in 212 appearances, something which helped him become one of the most hunted midfielders across Europe. Also according to the latest reports, the Spaniard had been linked by former European champions AC Milan who have retired from the transfer race.
The Rossoneri, winners of this term’s Schudetto, pulled over after FC Barcelona was reported to have offered 35 million pounds for the player. AC Milan are looking forward to replacing playmaker and cornerstone Andrea Pirlo who left the San Siro side for arch-rivals Juventus.
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