{"id":2153,"date":"2026-04-12T22:27:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T22:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=2153"},"modified":"2026-04-12T22:27:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T22:27:52","slug":"i-was-excited-samir-nasri-the-historic-transfer-that-fell-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=2153","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI was excited\u201d: Samir Nasri, the historic transfer that fell through"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Passionate about sports, Thomas grew up between the round ball of football and the orange of basketball, his two lifelong favorites. Graduated with a Master’s and a Bachelor’s degree from the European Institute of Journalism in Paris, he always follows the adventures of Arsenal and the Los Angeles Lakers very closely.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

It didn’t matter much. In the early 2010s, Samir Nasri left Arsenal for Manchester City. Which allowed him to win the Premier League in his first season at the end of which a future big name of this decade of the English championship could have joined Nasri. A little-known anecdote told on Canal+.\n<\/p>\n

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It has now been five years since Samir Nasri <\/strong>serves as a consultant to Canal+<\/em>. Having spent the longest part of his playing career Premier League<\/strong>namely a little over 8 years, \u201cthe Little Prince of Marseille\u201d <\/em>was obviously there at the meeting Canal Football Club<\/em> this Sunday in a special show with guest: Eden<\/strong> Hazard<\/strong>another great figure of Premier League <\/strong>from the 2010s.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\ud83d\udd25 Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 is football validated by Eden Hazard!<\/p>\n

\u201cOusmane has incredible talent (…) this is the football we want to see!\u201d<\/p>\n

We talk football in the CFC with Eden Hazard and Samir Nasri on CANAL+ \ud83d\udda5\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/WBzBaokS27<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 CANAL+ Foot (@CanalplusFoot) April 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

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\u201cRoberto Mancini spoke to me about wanting to recruit him to partner us with David Silva and have a line of three behind Ag\u00fcero\u201d<\/h2>\n

Asked by the presenter Herv\u00e9 Mathoux <\/strong>on the place that‘Eden Hazard<\/strong> occupied the landscape of European football during his career, Samir Nasri <\/strong>who crossed his path a lot on the English lawns when the Belgian played Chelsea <\/strong>and he Manchester City<\/strong>revealed that the two stars could have played together in the Skyblues<\/em>. \u201cIn the hierarchy of great players, where do you place Eden Hazard? Very high, he is a player that I have always appreciated. In addition, in 2012, Roberto Mancini spoke to me about wanting to recruit him to partner with David Silva and have a line of three behind Ag\u00fcero.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cI was quite excited because I watched Ligue 1 a lot\u201d<\/h2>\n

However, it is on the side of Chelsea <\/strong>that the former attacking midfielder trained in LOSC <\/strong>signed in the summer of 2012. To the great dismay of Samir Nasri who did not hide his excitement about this possibility of evolving alongside‘Eden Hazard<\/strong> has Manchester<\/strong> City<\/strong>. \u201cI was quite excited because I watched Ligue 1 a lot and I really liked what he was doing at Lille. For me, in our generation, there is Messi, Cristiano, Neymar and then he is there. He’s a player who made a lot of difference with the ball, altruistic, who always thought of the team, I have a very high esteem for him. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n