da cassino： Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri has had a parting shot at former club Arsenal, stating that the North London outfit can no longer compete with their Premier League title rivals.
da 888casino： The 24-year-old completed a move to City earlier in the transfer window, claiming he left to win silverware, and made his debut against Tottenham at White Hart Lane on Sunday.
The Gunners have had a slow start to 2011-12, with defeats to Liverpool and Manchester United, and the former Marseille playmaker feels it was the right time for him to leave the Emirates.
“Arsenal remains a big club, but the building of Emirates Stadium changed a lot of things. It has changed the ambitions, so far. But it is not Arsene Wenger, it is the club’s politics, the officials,” he told L’Equipe.
“Arsenal doesn’t have the same funds. They can’t make the same coups as before in the transfer market. They are rather forced to sell their best players and bet on young ones.”
Nasri was entering into the last year of his contract at Arsenal, and reveals he had made his mind up to leave at the end of the 2010-11 campaign.
“My decision was made in June. I wanted to leave after our difficult end of season. Arsene wanted me to stay. I’m glad Arsenal got a good sum. I prefer to leave like that than at end of my contract. I did the same with Marseille.
“Yes, it was [the right time to leave], there are sure signs. The departure of Cesc (Fabregas) to Barcelona is one of them. The defeat against Birmingham in the League Cup final was very harmful for the minds. Today I feel like I’m in a team where I can win titles.”