Arsenal tell Manchester City to stump up for Samir Nasri

Posted Tuesday, August 09, 2011 by The Sun

ARSENAL will allow Samir Nasri to join Manchester City - but the world's richest club have been ordered to stop penny pinching.

SunSport revealed last week that the Blues were making a £22million offer for the French midfielder, who has one year left on his Gunners contract.

High-level talks continued over the weekend and Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has finally admitted defeat in his battle to keep Nasri after earlier discussions with the player last Thursday.

But there is still the stumbling block of how the transfer fee will be paid - although City sources expect things to be ironed out over the next few days.

City are understood to have offered a down payment of £15m with the remainder payable on Nasri's success and appearances over the next five years.

Yet the Arsenal board want the entire fee in one hit so Wenger can immediately strengthen his squad.

Nasri, 24, has also ignored interest from Manchester United - who are thought to have virtually matched City's wage offer of £125,000 a week - as his heart is set on playing for Roberto Mancini's outfit.

City sources also indicated that their interest in Inter's Dutch superstar Wesley Sneijder is serious.

The club are keeping a watching brief as the United target decides on his future.