Former Arsenal team-mates Samir Nasri and Jack Wilshere may be reunited at West Ham United.
It looks increasingly likely that West Ham United will be signing Samir Nasri very soon.
According to Sky Sports, the former France international underwent a medical at West Ham ahead of potentially joining on a ‘short-term deal’.
If and when it happens, the 31-year-old will be reunited with former Arsenal team-mate Jack Wilshere – and things might be a little awkard early on.
Nasri won the Premier League title with Manchester City during his first season after leaving Arsenal, before goading the Gunners supporters.
The Telegraph quoted him as saying in 2012: “I hope they are watching me now collecting my Premier League winner’s medal. I believe they have not won a trophy for many years now.
“I now hope the Arsenal fans can get on with their lives and forget me, they should celebrate their third-place achievement and I will focus on winning titles.”
Wilshere, who spent 17 years at Arsenal before joining West Ham in the summer, hit back at his former colleague, via The Telegraph: “I don’t know what goes on in his head. Fair play, he has won a trophy, but over the next couple of years our goal is to win a trophy and I can see us winning a trophy.
“Maybe he spoke too soon and hopefully we can rub his face in it next year.”
Arsenal won the FA Cup two years later in 2014, the same season as Nasri picked up another Premier League winner’s medal and this time under Manuel Pellegrini, the Hammers manager.
At 31, Nasri is past his prime, but the former Marseille star certainly still has ability and bags of it. He could very seriously be a major player for the Irons, who need all the help they can get.
Pellegrini’s side are 12th in the Premier League table with 12 points, despite spending over £100 million last summer.
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