Nasri won two Premier League titles, in 2011-12 under Roberto Mancini and 2013-14 under Manuel Pellegrini, at the Etihad Stadium – playing 46 times in all competitions in both seasons.
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The 32-year-old moves transfer-free after the end of his last contract at West Ham United, where he made just a handful of appearances last season.
Samir Nasri has completed his expected move to West Ham on a deal to the end of the season – on the day he completes a doping suspension.
Samir Nasri has moved a step closer to joining West Ham as the free agent is undergoing a medical with the Premier League outfit.
The disciplinary board of European football’s ruling body found the Frenchman “guilty of using a prohibited method in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Agency prohibited list”.
Nasri, 30, took the treatment while on holiday, but it contravened World Anti-Doping Agency rules, leading to a Spanish Anti-Doping investigation.
The move has now been announced by Man City, although the deal is subject to international clearance
The Drip Doctors clinic posted a tweet saying the on-loan Manchester City star had been given an immunity IV drip
The report said Nasri was initially expected to miss the rest of the season with a thigh injury he picked up in October 2015, but the France international said last month that he hoped to return to action by the end of March
The Eagles, who are just one point above the bottom-three, certainly didn’t roll over at the Etihad Stadium and impressed with a familiarly stubborn performance
The defender, who left Ligue 1 side, Monaco, to join Greek outfit, Olympiacos, last month, was left out of France’s World Cup squad and has brought his 10-year international career to an end at the age of 34
The Frenchman netted 11 times for City last season, including decisive goals in their Capital One Cup final win over Sunderland and the opener in their final-day win over West Ham, which secured a second league title in three seasons
While Nasri’s absence was greeted with surprise, he said: “I must confess, I knew before. Sometimes you have the feeling, when you call to speak to the manager and he doesn’t want to speak to you, you know you’re not going to go to the World Cup
It has been a long fought battle for the top Premier League clubs, with the winner emerging on the last day
Nasri scored City goal in the 2-1 quarter-final home defeat, as the possibility of a domestic treble evaporated, and the France international admitted to feeling “hungover” after the defeat
In a flat first-half by quadruple-chasing City, Fabio Borini put Premier League struggler, Sunderland, in front after 10 minutes
City lost 2-0 to Barça at the Etihad after goals from Lionel Messi and Dani Alves. Messi’s came from a penalty that Pellegrini disputed, with Eriksson also sending off Martín Demichelis, who made the challenge on his countryman