Arsenal Ready to Leave Samir Nasri and Cesc Fabregas in Two Deals Worth of £60m

Arsenal Ready to Leave Samir Nasri and Cesc Fabregas

The episode of Cesc Fabregas’ transfer to Barcelona is looking like heading towards a conclusion last night as Arsenal finally has shown a green signal to allow him to leave as well as accepting an offer for Samir Nasri from Manchester City in two deals worth around £60m in total.

Barcelona expects to tie up a deal for Fabregas this week that is weighted in favour of his great success in the last season. Reportedly, the deal to be finalized is thought to be €34m paid up front and up to €6m in add-ons. Those add-ons break down as €2m for each of the first two league titles Fabregas might potentially win and another €2m for a Champions League victory.

The payments are designed over his first five years at the club and depend upon the number of game he would play for Barcelona. The incentive for Barcelona is that it is a way of them staggering the payments. Yet the deal still falls well short of the £40m valuation previously put on the player this summer by Wenger.

As far as Samir Nasri is concerned, it would now appear that Wenger is ready to sell the player this summer to Manchester City for £23m. Nasri is out of contract next summer and already had a £200,000-a-week deal on the table from City. Contrary to a claim made earlier that it would be impossible for Arsenal to sell both players, the passion of both players to leave Arsenal has left Wenger with little option.