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No risk if I start against Barca - Nasri

ESPN staff
February 16, 2011
Samir Nasri will be hoping Arsenal can far rather better against Barcelona than they did last season © PA Photos
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Samir Nasri is adamant that there is no risk involved if Arsene Wenger decides to name him in Arsenal's starting XI against Barcelona.

The France international is set for a rapid return to first-team action, having missed just two weeks after picking up a hamstring injury against Huddersfield Town in the FA Cup.

Initial reports suggested that Nasri had no chance of making the first leg of the Champions League last-16 clash with Barca - but he is set for a remarkable comeback, with Wenger insisting he has no doubts over his physical condition.

Now Nasri has moved to cool the fears of Arsenal fans, who saw Cesc Fabregas ruled out for the rest of the season during a clash against Barcelona in 2010.

"I was the first to be surprised to be back so quickly after my thigh injury," the France midfielder told L'Equipe. "After the first examinations, the absence forecasted was three or four weeks, but I started to have faith last week on Monday when I resumed jogging.

"Clinically, I am cured. If there was a single risk, I would not take it, even against Barcelona. I am capable to be in the starting XI. Then, it is up to the coach."

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