Arsenal icon Patrick Vieira lured Samir Nasri to Manchester City
Posted Thursday, August 25, 2011 by The Sun
IT'S SMILES BETTER HERE ... Nasri's happy to join Man City after taking advice from former Gunner Vieira
SAMIR NASRI has revealed how Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira persuaded him to quit Arsenal to join Manchester City.
Vieira convinced Nasri that it was City who were the club on the up with Arsenal now in reverse.
That was enough to convince the Frenchman, 24, that he had to turn his back on Arsene Wenger and fall into the arms of big-spending Roberto Mancini.
Nasri said: "Patrick Vieira made a big difference. He's a legend and in France everyone loves and respects him.
"When a player like this ? who has played for Arsenal, Inter Milan and Juventus ? tells you City is the place to be because they're the club of the future, they want to win everything and have a big project, you have to listen."
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