City apparently paid Arsenal a fee of £24 million - massive when you think he only had one year remaining on his Arsenal contract and could have left for free next summer. Nasri will don the number 19 shirt for City, and will go straight into the squad for the Premier League leaders' next game against Tottenham on Sunday.
Nasri is City's fourth major signing of this summer, and will follow his former Arsenal and French team mate, Gael Clichy who joined earlier this summer for around £7 million, as Nasri's signing brings City's summer spend up to around £77.6 million.
Meanwhile, Juan Mata, whom Arsenal had been close to signing as a replacement for Samir Nasri until negotiations broke down, has officially completed his move to Chelsea from Valencia, commanding an equally large sum of £26 million. He was rather sad leaving a club which he has grown up with and grown very fond of, playing 179 times and scoring 43 goals.
However, he says he has now joined a "bigger club" and is looking forward to paying very attacking football and winning plenty of trophies.
The 23 year-old's position at Chelsea on the field has been debated, and Mata allowed us an insight as to where he will play, saying:
"The plan is that I can play on either flank or even in the middle playing in between the lines of midfield and attack. I like to keep the ball and use it well, I am an attacking player and above all I like to set up goals and score them also."Mata also revealed turning down both Arsenal and Tottenham, saying he chose Chelsea over their London rivals because they "did not compare with the Blues;"
"I want to come to England to win trophies - and that's why I accepted Chelsea's offer. It was also a question of sporting achievement, not money. Arsenal and Tottenham were both interested in me but they did not compare with the Blues."
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