MANCHESTER - Manchester City have signed France midfielder Samir Nasri from Arsenal on a four-year contract, the Premier League leaders said
The club did not give financial details of the deal but local media reported the transfer fee for the player, who will wear the No 19 shirt, was around £25 million (R296million).
"The 24-year-old, adept in both wide and central roles, arrives in time to merit consideration for Sunday's game at White Hart Lane against Tottenham, his former club Arsenal's fierce rivals," City said in a statement on their website.
Television pictures showed Nasri signing autographs and posing for photographs with fans outside City's stadium as manager Robert Mancini finally got the player he has been wanting to sign for much of the close season. The delay in the transfer frustrated Mancini. - Reuters
Nasri completes Man City move
MANCHESTER - Manchester City have signed France midfielder Samir Nasri from Arsenal on a four-year contract, the Premier League leaders said
The club did not give financial details of the deal but local media reported the transfer fee for the player, who will wear the No 19 shirt, was around £25 million (R296million).
"The 24-year-old, adept in both wide and central roles, arrives in time to merit consideration for Sunday's game at White Hart Lane against Tottenham, his former club Arsenal's fierce rivals," City said in a statement on their website.
Television pictures showed Nasri signing autographs and posing for photographs with fans outside City's stadium as manager Robert Mancini finally got the player he has been wanting to sign for much of the close season. The delay in the transfer frustrated Mancini. - Reuters
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