Manchester City grabbed Arsenal’s scalps in a head-to-head duel and returned to the top of the Premier League. Samir Nasri played for both clubs and was expecting the compatriots to fight for the title.
The Frenchman played one year at Anderlecht under Vincent Kompany in the past. The former Purple & White player never made more than seven appearances and scored two goals. After that he hung up his soccer shoes. Along with ‘Vince the Prince’, the former player played together at Manchester City as Pep Guardiola took over at the end of Nasri’s tenure at the Manchester club.
In Nieuwsblad, the playmaker looked back on his brief collaboration with the Spanish coach. “Of course sometimes I wonder what it would be like under Guardiola. Because he’s the best possible coach given my qualities. He’s arrogant, but in a good way. He knows he’s the best coach in the world and he brings that on you,” says the former international.
Guardiola and Nasri had a confrontation before the start of a new season. The former player started the new season overweight and was allowed to push from the Catalan. “I said to him: Could it also be a little less, don’t yell at me like that. I’m not a kid anymore, I’m 29. Maybe my vacation is an outlet, to do what I want for a while.”
Then the coach apologized to the Frenchman, but Nasri was loaned to Seville and then sold to the Turkish Ataliaspor and did not play under the leadership of the Manchester City coach.
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