Does this French ace really have to leave Arsenal to fulfil his ambitions?

In the last two weeks or so, much has been reported about Samir Nasri’s future at Arsenal.

The Frenchman, who has one year left on his existing contract, is contemplating his future at Arsenal after last season’s trophyless season.

Due to the 24-year-olds hesitance to sign a new deal at the Emirates, many clubs, most notably Manchester United, have confirmed their interest in Nasri.

The French midfielder told the News of the World yesterday, that money isn’t the issue, but success is:

‘Money has never been my motivation, I have always taken decisions from a football point of view. I don’t want to sign for a club where I wouldn’t be playing the football that I like, where I wouldn’t feel happy, just for the sake of money.’

It appears that Nasri is hungry for success and that is completely understandable. However, part of the achievement in actually winning a trophy is earning it.

Will Manchester United win a trophy without him? Yes, without a doubt.

Will he benefit the club in a huge way, probably not.

At Arsenal, the Frenchman needs to play, and play well throughout the season, not just six-months. It is certainly going to be a challenge for him. However, to give up and jump ship to another team that are probably 75% certain of getting a trophy next season doesn’t mean he’s earned it.

Nasri continued:

‘With no titles under your belt, you can’t be in the list for the Ballon D’Or. I came to England to get trophies because I haven’t won anything in my career, apart from an U17 European Championship in 2004.’

Let’s look at it in two ways:

1) Nasri decides to stay and Arsenal win a trophy this season. Now, if this were to happen, then I believe this would kick start us into achieving bigger and better things in the future. However, it means sticking by the club as well as Wenger doing his job in the market as well.

2) If Arsenal don’t win a trophy this season, and Nasri hasn’t signed a new deal, then he could potentially leave on a free next summer to the team of his choice.

Arsenal are an ambitious club and we should have won a trophy last season, but we blew against Birmingham in the Carling Cup. However, we should take the positives of last season and improve on them in order to break our drought.

I hope that the likes of Nasri and Fabregas do stay at Arsenal this summer and repay the club which have made them stars by lifting a trophy this upcoming season.

Nasri does necessarily have to leave in order to fulfil his ambitions. We are almost there, and with some decent signings this summer, we should end out six-year trophy drought.

So come on Nasri and Fabregas, prove to the fans you meant it when you kissed the Arsenal badge last season.

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