Man City to use Samir Nasri as bait for Paul Pogba

According to reports, Manchester City are prepared to use Samir Nasri in a potential deal for Juventus star Paul Pogba.

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The former Arsenal star’s Manchester City career is all but over after his anger at being dropped in recent weeks.

Nasri – who joined City from the Gunners back in 2011 – was reportedly angered at being left out of the squad for Manuel Pellegrini’s side encounter against Leicester last month.

Things got escalated when the Frenchman didn’t play in Burnley’s 1-0 defeat over City while he was also left out of the squad against West Bromwich Albion.

In City’s latest debacle – a 2-1 loss to Crystal Palace – Nasri only played 13 minutes with Pellegrini’s side now in fourth place and highly unlikely to retain their Premier League title.

Pellegrini deserves this, for starting Navas and leaving Nasri & Milner on the bench.
— Ifreke Inyang (@Ifreke) April 6, 2015

According to The Mirror, Nasri is now set to be a high profile casualty as City look set to shake up their squad after an abysmal title defense.

Nasri, alongside Edin Dzeko, could be used to pursue long term target Paul Pogba in a player plus cash deal while Juventus say it will take a world record bid to take their prized Frenchman away from Italy.

Meanwhile, Yaya Toure, Bacary Sagna, Stevan Jovetic and James Milner are other players who could be leaving the Etihad this summer as we could be seeing a new look Manchester City side in the 2015-2016 season.

H/T: Mirror

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