Following Arsenal’s rejection of a £20 million bid for Samir Nasri from Manchester United, the player is believed to be content to play out the last year of his contract at the Emirates. The Frenchman has returned to pre-season training with the club, and despite speculation linking him with a move, he will travel with the squad to Malaysia and China on Sunday as part of the side’s pre-season.
The ex-Marseille midfielder’s current deal with the North London club expires in June 2012, and he is the subject of transfer attention, with the Premier League champions the most adamant of his suitors. Despite risking closing him on a free transfer next summer, Arsene Wenger is reluctant to sell one of his key players to domestic rivals for less than £25 million and the player looks set to stay at the Emirates for another year.
Arsenal offered the 24-year-old a new deal, thought to be worth £90,000 a week, which would make him the side’s top earner along with Cesc Fabregas, but Nasri is believed to want wages in excess of £100,000 per week, something Manchester United are willing to offer.
Nasri started the 2010/11 season well, scoring a considerable amount of the club’s goals, but had an injury prone second half to the campaign. Despite this he still was runner up in the PFA Player of the Year award to Gareth Bale.