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Nicklas Bendtner Proved that Samir Nasri is the Bad Guy, Not Arsenal
By Josh Sippie
Nicklas Bendtner and Samir Nasri both ended their Arsenal careers on two separate ends of the spectrum. Bendtner ended in obscurity and Samir Nasri ended on top of his game. And yet one is treated as a hero at Arsenal and one is forever a villain.
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Arsenal lost a lot of key players when they were paying off the Emirates. They lost Captain Fantastic, Cesc Fabregas, they lost Samir Nasri, fresh off his best year ever (which, to this day, is still his best year ever), they lost the catalyst of their offense in Robin van Persie and they lost key defenders Gael Clichy and Bacary Sagna.
Conveniently, only Cesc Fabregas has found any prolonged stardom outside of Arsenal. But I digress.
Probably the most sour of partings was Samir Nasri’s, who, upon his acceptance to become a full-fledged Mercenary, called Arsenal fans less passionate than the die-hard Manchester City fans. Not a wise move.
Since that time, he has been booed to kingdom come anytime he even thinks about looking at a ball. Samir Nasri now has a buddy at Manchester City in Raheem Sterling, who left the club who raised him behind to pledge his allegiance to the Mercenaries as well.
Speaking about Sterling getting booed by the mass of Australians who happen to be Liverpool fans, the all wise, all knowing Samir Nasri let out this gem: “You always have stupid fans in the stadium. The same thing happened to me when I left Arsenal,” (via the Metro, in a piece that should be read by all). Calling Arsenal fans stupid is, yet again, not a wise move.
As the Metro went on to point out, Samir Nasri is making an absolute fool out of himself. He has never looked good against Arsenal, as one could imagine that the booing and hissing gets to him. He has rarely looked good at all since leaving Arsenal, barring one pretty good year.
While it may seem a little petty for Arsenal fans to still boo him, if you call a fan-base less passionate than another fan-base, you are asking for trouble. You are asking for more trouble if you continue to call them stupid.
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That same, passion-lacking fan-base displayed the greatest amount of passion and class on Sunday, when the once-troubled Gunner Nicklas Bendtner returned to the Emirates to roaring applause. Nicklas Bendtner never amounted to what we had hoped he would at Arsenal and the ending to his Gunner career was a little sticky and problematic, but the two parted ways.
Nicklas Bendtner was thoroughly awed by the reception, saying: “It made me feel humble and honoured to be received by the fans the way I did. Thank you for all the amazing times we had together,” (via the Daily Mail). That sensation will never be felt by Samir Nasri.
Few could have expected that a failed prospect that did not have very nice things to say about the club during his time with them (although he was treated rather unfairly) would be greeted as a hero. Some of it may have been from his Lord Bendtner cult status, but most of it had to come from Arsenal fans actually being classy and passionate.
Yet again, it looks like Samir Nasri was wrong.