Manchester United are battling it out with Manchester City for the signature of Arsenal midfielder Nasri. In my opinion, I will be shocked if Arsenal do allow Nasri to leave and join either one of us. Selling a star player to a rival club is not common in the transfer market today. But where a lot of money is involved, anything can happen especially since Arsene Wenger loves to deal with money but never spends it. Wenger will see that they bought Nasri for £12million but now they can sell him for £20million, in business terms, that makes sense.

But now my question to you is, “Is Nasri the right player we need at United?”

According to former Old Trafford star Paddy Crerand, Nasri is just what we need.

“The player that interests me most at present is Nasri,” said Crerand. “I’m sure he can do the midfield job for us and become the play maker at Old Trafford.

“He is right up there with the Barcelona players like Xavi and [Andres] Iniesta in my book but the talk of [Cesc] Fabregas going to the Nou Camp could potentially jeopardise that one.

“The problem that Arsenal face is the length of contract, surely they can’t let Nasri go on a free next year? I doubt they will let both players leave Arsenal so I suspect an interesting few days ahead.

“The team go out to the States on July 10th and that means we will probably go all out to bring any targets that we have into the club to enable them to be part of the full pre-season.

“It makes a big difference believe me if players can enjoy that full period with the rest of the team. If there is another signing to make I expect it will be in the next 10 days.”

What are your thoughts on Nasri?