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Marseille deny Arsenal link to 'New Zidane'

Reuters - Friday 16 May 2008, 08:21

Nasri

Olympique Marseille have denied a newspaper report that Arsenal were chasing the Ligue 1 club's playmaker Samir Nasri.

"We have not received any offer from Arsenal for Nasri," Marseille sports director Jose Anigo told regional radio station France Bleu Provence on Friday.

French sports daily L'Equipe wrote on Friday that France international Nasri was Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger's top priority for next season.

The versatile 20-year-old, who has been compared to France great Zinedine Zidane, extended his Marseille contract to 2012 earlier this month.

Editing by John O'Brien