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Samir Nasri: Former Manchester City and Arsenal midfielder announces retirement at 34 | Football News

Kacper Wilkins
Last updated: 2021/09/26 at 3:55 PM
Kacper Wilkins 3 Min Read
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Former Manchester City and Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri has announced his retirement from football at the age of 34.

Nasri, who won two Premier League titles and a League Cup with City during his five-year stay at the Etihad, had most recently been playing in Belgium with former team-mate Vincent Kompany’s Anderlecht side.

The former France international had previously had spells with Sevilla on loan, then Antalyaspor and West Ham after his departure from City, but left the Belgian side when the coronavirus pandemic brought football in the country to a halt in 2020.

Samir Nasri in action for Arsenal
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Nasri in action for Arsenal

In 2018 Nasri was handed an 18-month ban from UEFA after receiving an intravenous treatment at a Los Angeles clinic two years earlier in breach of World Anti-Doping Agency rules.

Speaking to French publication Le Journal du Dimanche Nasri revealed that the ban had played a part in his decision to retire as it had disrupted his career.

“An incident really hurt me and changed my relationship with football: my suspension. I found it more than unfair as I didn’t take any drugs,” he said.

Samir Nasri joined West Ham in December 2018
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Nasri joined West Ham in December 2018

“It was just an injection of vitamins because I was sick. It stopped me in my tracks.”

Nasri started his career with Marseille before joining Arsenal in 2008.

He spent three years in north London before moving to Manchester City, where he won two Premier League titles before joining Sevilla on loan in 2016.

The midfielder reunited with Kompany at Anderlecht in July 2019 but made just seven appearances for the club and says he did not want to return to Ligue 1, unless it was a move back to Marseille.

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Nasri won two Premier League titles at Manchester City

“There was an emotional side to it, but also the idea of being a player and somehow a staff member, too. As I’d like to coach, I thought I would learn the job with him [Kompany],” he added. “It didn’t go as planned. Then the league was suspended due to Covid.

“After that, I didn’t necessarily have the motivation any more. No challenge really suited me. And I couldn’t see myself coming back to France if it wasn’t at OM.”





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