Contract stalemate could force Arsenal to sell Nasri

Arsenal are prepared to sell Samir Nasri this summer if he fails to agree a new contract at The Emirates.

Talks have been on-going ­between the club and Nasri’s agent Jean-Pierre Bernes but so far no agreement has been reached.

Wenger is confident the player will stay, but if the stalemate ­continues Nasri will have only one year left on his deal with the club – and there would be threat that he could let it run down and leave on a free transfer in the summer of 2012.

That was the scenario with ­Mathieu Flamini three years ago when he allowed his contract to expire and eventually moved to AC Milan as a free agent. Arsenal want to avoid a repeat and if the deadlock is not broken, then the France international would be sold for a fee close to £12million.