Marouane Chamakh thinks Arsenal will lose both Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri this summer.
The striker believes Wenger is resigned to losing the pair this summer and is currently looking for their replacements, however Chamakh believes Arsenal should only let Cesc Fabregas leave due to his connections with Barcelona:
“I think both players will quit the club,” the Moroccan striker told L’Equipe.
“I don’t think it’s a matter of money for the Fabregas or Samir deals being held up, I think it is a case that the manager is looking for their successors and he hasn’t been able to find them.
“I think before letting them go, he wants to find the players to replace them. That’s my opinion about the situation.
“The problem is the season starts this weekend, and it’s even more difficult for us now.”
He added: “I think in the situation the club is in, they should only let one leave.
“Cesc – he’s wanted to leave for several seasons because he’s born in Barcelona.
The forward believes Arsenal have received a good offer for Nasri and believes it would be naive to let the player leave next summer for free and miss out on the substantial fee currently offered for him. He also questioned how the club could allow a player such as Nasri to enter his final year of a contract without signing an extension:
“But Samir is now in a situation where he has one year left on his contract, so if they don’t sell him this summer he will leave for free at the end of the season.
“Is the club ready in a situation to refuse a little bit more than £17.5 million (€20m) to keep a good player for just one season?
“I would like Samir to stay at the club. It’s very strange – at a club like Arsenal – that he’s now been left with one year on his contract.
“It is bizarre that they have not managed to sign an extension with him.”
Amrut
August 10, 2011 at 9:55 am
Not in a thousand years would he have spoken about the contract issue at Arsenal. Yeah if he himself wanted to be thrown out then yes
paulie
August 10, 2011 at 10:03 am
Only one person should be leaving Arsenal and thats Wenger. He should be ran like a greedy lying dog. Come to think of it he is a greedy lying dog.
YouMuppets
August 10, 2011 at 12:59 pm
Where as you can comfortably be describves as a blithering idiot.
paulie
August 10, 2011 at 2:11 pm
Theres no “v” in describes Muppet
cheeky
August 10, 2011 at 4:54 pm
paulie. you sir are a mug.
JSP
August 10, 2011 at 10:16 am
Nasri just another greedy money hungry mercenary!!! Scum of the highest order!
Mr Finch
August 10, 2011 at 10:22 am
Paulie, people like you don’t deserve someone like Wenger. Maybe years of mid table mediocrity under Bruce Rioch or someone like that would have been better for you. Instead we’ve won titles, cups etc and even in the last six years we’ve been in 3 finals. As for the African fans, You wouldn’t have even heard of Arsenal if he hadn’t signed people like Kanu, Kolo & Eboue.
paulie
August 10, 2011 at 12:50 pm
There wasnt too many years under Rioch. Get your facts straight. He didnt even last a year but then what would clowns like you know about foortball
YouMuppets
August 10, 2011 at 1:24 pm
Who knows but at least he can spell it.
paulie
August 10, 2011 at 2:13 pm
Look at your above post if we are talking about spelling Muppet. Ill leave talking about the circus to you and you leave football to me son
YouMuppets
August 10, 2011 at 2:27 pm
Really? you seem to have the basic intelligence of an amoeba, miind you if gobbing off on here makes you feel better about yourself then you cary on sweetheart.
paulie
August 10, 2011 at 2:45 pm
whatever clown
YouMuppets
August 10, 2011 at 2:29 pm
Really? you seem to have the basic intelligence of an amoeba, mind you if gobbing off on here makes you feel better about yourself then you carry on sweetheart. So you think Wenger should go and who in your deluded mind do you think would replace him?
iqay
August 10, 2011 at 10:35 am
now u tall like an arsene-hole,finch ouch mr fishbrain. What do you know about africa,swine?
gunnercan2010
August 10, 2011 at 10:54 am
I was interested in reading which one of our ace players was talking about this issue, when surpise! it was chamakh talking. who appointed chamakh as one of arsenal’s aces??
Edub
August 10, 2011 at 11:00 am
Mr Finch, respect for defending Wenger but what the hell are you talking about with African supporters and what’s that got to do with anything? Get a grip! I’m not African but how would you possibly know if supporters would have known about Arsenal? Don’t be silly
Anthony Timothy
August 10, 2011 at 11:31 am
Wenger should be the one to leave.His refusal to get the gk and other defenders is what is causing the current malaise.The top gunners have enough of his broken promise to buy decent quality players.
Instead he has gone french and we know what had happened.
Toni
August 10, 2011 at 11:52 am
U blokes shouldn’t gt involve in any form of quagmire, wen as MC bcom d gunaz pr. He should rather work his socks off 2 diliva ð goods 4 us in dis emergng sëason.
Ibukunoluwa
August 10, 2011 at 12:18 pm
There is no problem in selling players,it is all about getting a better replacement that will suit the team.
Lola
August 10, 2011 at 1:00 pm
SHUT UP Mr Finch! What do you know about African fans? Ignorant being
JSP
August 11, 2011 at 7:47 am
Paulie I suggest you read Mr Finch’s first comment again you A HOLE. It says would years of mid table finishes under Rioch have suited you, not that we have had years of it. CABBAGE!
JSP
August 11, 2011 at 7:49 am
Mr Finch I wouldn’t bother commenting on this site again. Obviously it is full of idiots who can’t understand the English language!! And as for Lola, I think she is a picnic short of a sandwich, or a picnic even!!!