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Ex-Arsenal star blames board for Wenger’s transfer policy

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Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri has recently revealed that he was forced to quit Arsenal because of the club’s transfer policies and politics, which he claims have been forced upon under-fire boss Arsene Wenger by the board.

The 24-year-old, who sealed a £24 million move to City last week after refusing to sign a contract extension at the Emirates, believes his move to Eastland’s was forced through by Arsenal’s quiet man Stan Kroenke.

Since his switch to Manchester, many, if not all Arsenal fans (including myself) have condemned the France international for bailing out on the Gunners in order to pocket more cash.

However, the midfield maestro believes he was left with no choice but to leave a club with changing ambitions.

Nasri told French publication L’Equipe:

‘Arsenal is still a big club, but the Emirates Stadium has changed a lot of things.’

‘They have changed their ambitions, but it is not Arsène Wenger – it is the club’s politics, the officials.’

Nasri then went on to echo the calls of many Arsenal fans this summer, expressing his discontent at the lack of big-name arrivals. However, he once again blamed this firmly on the Arsenal board, and asked what many fans have been asking for the past several season – do the club genuinely have a significant amount of money to spend:

‘Arsenal doesn’t have the same funds [as others]. They can’t make the same coups as before in the transfer market. Rather, they are rather forced to sell their best players and bet on young ones.’

Following the clubs humiliating 8-2 defeat at Old Trafford last Sunday, it is believed that a group of Gooners are planning a protest march before the club’s next home game against Swansea in a bid to vent their anger and frustration at the board’s apparent lack of transfer support.

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9 comments

  • Mr Creosote says:

    Nasri is right when he talks about us betting on young players. We’ve been doing it time and time again and last weekend we got found out in the worst way possible.
    I still think he’s a little scrote though.

  • MartyP says:

    I have been saying the samething. People hailed Kroenke, as opposed to the Russina but if you look at Kroenke’s US teams, they lose their big stars too. I hope folks do protest the board, and Kroenke. . It is clear when you look at what they are paying Santos or the Korean kid it is 40 a week. You will never get big signings with that rate of pay, and if these come good , they will be off too.

    • gunnerstar says:

      Well said. I dont trust kroenke. Trust those yankees to do what they did to man utd and l’pool. Usmanov on the other hand should have been given some role, when he’s already a major shareholder. Look, he even offered his money to bail out the club’s debt and buy top players.

  • Mr Cee says:

    You know I’m happy to hear someone who has had dealings with the board come out and make this statement. I’m pretty sure it confirms everything most fans have been thinking for a while and hopefully the Wenger out brigade refocus their negativity at the board!

    It’s nothing short of amazing what Wenger has been able to do with such a shit board behind him

  • Danny says:

    Not sure the Russian is the answer to our prayers but kroenke is clearly not putting anything like what he should back into the club.out Cesc, nasri and clichy= £60m. in oxlade, gervinho, young, jenkinson= £30m ish, even with mertesacker and santo it’s only about £40m where’s the other £20m gone? Kroenke’s fucking sky rocket, that’s where! I’m just glad its more easily accountable than in previous seasons. These chairmen need to remember they are custodians of the club even if they have 70% of the shares without us they are nothing. Although I did hear a little while ago we have paid of 50% of the debt on the stadium and if that’s true it could go some way to explaining the financial black hole that is our transfer policy.

  • siphiwe says:

    Board must go because they don’t want to pay players a reasonable wages, that’s why they selling our good players.

  • Chukwuma Echezona says:

    I thot the american were beta bizness men with a sense of winning, but now i prefer the russian.
    So let the protest begin. Infact for the matches against 1.

  • Recardo says:

    Its up to us the fans. We have to protest, we have to stay away from games to show the board that we the fans make arsenal a great club. only then will there be change!

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