Is Nasri on his way to Highbury?

As we head into the weekend, I thought that I’d follow up yesterday’s post about transfer speculation with a little bit of, ahem, transfer speculation. The story that has been rumbling in just about all the newspapers and websites this week is regarding the signing of Samir Nasri, who if the patter around town is to be believed, is on the brink of signing for Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal.

Five days ago, Wenger was quoted as saying that the transfer, ‘is likely to happen’, and since then an ominous silence has fallen around the issue, as fans clamour for the pomp and excitement of a signing ceremony.

In many ways, Nasri is the perfect Arsenal signing. Young, French, a good passer and likely to increase in value – the player has even been dubbed the ‘next Zidane’, in the press’ usual untidy attempt at pigeonholing.

So, as we leave the office on a Friday afternoon wondering what to do to fill up our weekends, it might be worth making a little bet with one of your colleagues as to whether Monsieur Nasri will be enrolling for English classes at the Highbury Institute for Languages.

In the meantime, Nasri is still enjoying the rather sunnier weather in the south of France where he plays with his current club Marseille. With no announcements expected until he has signed the final documents and passed a medical, it looks as if Arsenal fans will have to test their patience over the next few days, having to make do with this little video clip.

Arsenal fans can find out the latest about Samir Nasri’s protracted transfer to Arsenal by watching the Arsenal television channel which is available on Sky Sports and the Setanta Sports channel. For more information, click here.

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