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Manchester City offer Arsenal's Bacary Sagna three-year deal

 

Bacary Sagna has been offered a three-year deal by Manchester City and he will consider whether to become the latest Arsenal player to move between the clubs in the summer. The 31-year-old full-back remains locked in contractual stand-off with Arsenal, the club he joined in 2007 and his current terms are set to expire in June, making him a free agent.

 

Arsène Wenger, the manager, has indicated a readiness to break the club's general policy of granting only one-year extensions to players in their thirties and he is extremely keen for Sagna to stay. The France international has proved his worth on many occasions this season.

 

There is an offer of a new two year contract at the Emirates Stadium ready for Sagna to sign but he is holding out for three. The right-back knows that City will give him what he wants, not to mention a significant increase on his £50,000-a-week salary.

 

The path from Arsenal to City is well trodden, with Emmanuel Adebayor, Kolo Touré, Samir Nasri and Gaël Clichy each making the move between 2009-2011. Other former Arsenal players are employed or have been employed by Manchester City, namely Patrick Vieira, Brian Kidd, Brian Marwood, David Platt and Stuart Taylor while Wenger remembers how Yaya Touré, the City midfielder, played for Arsenal in a pre-season game in 2003 when on trial at the club. His performance against Barnet, Wenger has said, was "completely average".

 

Sagna is embroiled in a game of brinkmanship with Arsenal and he has not ruled out staying if the club were to give him the length of contract that he wants. He is in a strong position, with interest from elsewhere in his services. Liverpool and even Tottenham Hotspur would take him on a Bosman transfer (although the latter is a non-starter on Sagna's side) while Internazionale, Paris St-Germain and Monaco are also keen.

 

The Inter president Erick Thohir told his club's official website about his wish to sign Sagna. "We're interested in Sagna because we need to balance the team," Thohir said.

 

"Right now, we only have [Yuto] Nagatomo and Jonathan [Moreira]. If one of them gets injured, you need somebody else to come in. But it Sagna decided to stay in England, we'd understand and in that case, we might bring in a young player from our academy."

 


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Ramsey
Injured thigh in 3-1 won over West Ham on Boxing Day.
Initial diagnosis: Three weeks.
Time out: Still out.
27th December 2013: ‘It looks like a thigh strain. For me, I don’t know how serious the thigh strain is but the Christmas period is certainly over for him.’
Lay-off: Midfielder Aaron Ramsey has been out since Boxing Day with a thigh injury +6
Lay-off: Midfielder Aaron Ramsey has been out since Boxing Day with a thigh injury
31st January: ‘It will be between 4-6 weeks. I count six.  Ramsey is out for a long period and it’s a big setback.
13th March 2014. ‘He is having difficulties in the final stages of his rehab. It looks to be short term.’
14th March 2014. ‘Our worry at the moment is Ramsey is taking longer than expected. He had a first set back and now it’s slower. He has recurring pains in his thigh.’
 
 
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Injured knee first game of 2013-14 season against Aston Villa
Initial diagnosis:  Six weeks.
Time out: Five months.
Knee injury: Oxlade-Chamberlain missed five months after being hurt on the opening day of the season +6
Knee injury: Oxlade-Chamberlain missed five months after being hurt on the opening day of the season
‘He will be out for at least six weeks, he has a posterior cruciate problem, a ligament which is stretched.’
November 22nd 2013: ‘Oxlade-Chamberlain has not had a setback. He is one month away from competition.’
 
Mesut Ozil
Injured thigh in Champions League defeat at Bayern Munich, March 2014.
Initial diagnosis: Three weeks.
‘The minimum is three weeks, maximum is six. I’m not specialist enough to know. It’s a grade 2 hamstring so let’s say four weeks.’
Euro blow: Record signing Mesut Ozil was injured during Arsenal's Champions League defeat by Bayern +6
Euro blow: Record signing Mesut Ozil was injured during Arsenal's Champions League defeat by Bayern
 
Lukas Podolski
Injured hamstring in the Champions League play-off win over Fenerbahce, August 2013
Initial diagnosis: Three weeks.
Time out: Four months
August 28th 2013: ‘Podolski is definitely out for 21 days.’
August 29th 2013 ‘It is bad news about Lukas Podolski as he will be out for eight to ten weeks. His hamstring is much more damaged than we thought at the start.’
Hamstrung: Podolski is treated by Arsenal's physio in their win over Fenerbahce +6
Hamstrung: Podolski is treated by Arsenal's physio in their win over Fenerbahce
 
Santi Cazorla
Injured ankle playing for Spain, September 2013
Initial diagnosis: Two weeks.
Time out: Six weeks
‘Cazorla has an ankle problem. I don’t think he will play before the next international break and will be out for at least a fortnight.’
 
 
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