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Nasri prepared to play out final year of Arsenal contract

Samir Nasri will not consider penning a new deal with Arsenal.

Instead, Nasri is happy to play out the final year of his current deal, says the Guardian.

Nasri has returned to training with Arsenal with the French midfielder currently content to play out the final year of his contract if the club do not receive a sizeable enough offer to tempt Arsène Wenger into selling him.

Arsenal have already dismissed Manchester United's opening offer, thought to be just under £20m, with the London club rejecting it out of hand and not even deeming it worthy of a formal reply. That stance has reinforced the feeling within Old Trafford that Wenger is rigidly sticking to his promise not to entertain the idea of doing business with any of Arsenal's Premier League rivals, and particularly United.

The feeling at the Emirates is that any serious bid would have to start at £25m and, even then, United are not entirely convinced that Wenger would be willing to sell to them if Arsenal can generate offers elsewhere.

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