Samir Nasri stays in to avoid Arsenal female fans

New Delhi: Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri has revealed that he is forced to stay in to avoid the attentions of his frenzied female admirers.

Nasri on Thursday spoke out about the reclusive lifestyle he is forced to live, not because of an ascetic devotion to the 'Beautiful Game', but rather through necessity.

The Marseille-born winger, it seems, is so mobbed by the female of the species when he leaves his house, that his life is simply unmanageable. The overwhelming desire of his female fans is evidenced by the stacks of mail he receives containing tokens of admirers' lust, as well as a whole host of strange appeals amongst the requests for his phone number.

"I spend lots of time at home playing ‘Pro Evolution Soccer’," Nasri is reported by English tabloid The Daily Mail as saying.

"Ever since I have been a professional footballer it has been harder for me to go out and not be noticed.

“I have never had any problems with women. I often get letters from girls, who send me their phone numbers and photos. They want to contact me because I am a footballer."

And Nasri seems to find the attention genuinely tiresome, wistfully commenting that he wanted to meet someone more interested in the fundamental aspects of his personality, rather than his fame and money.

"Things have always worked for me in the female department - but I want people to be interested in me for who I am and not for my money," he added.

Nasri also revealed that the Arsenal dressing-room is highly competitive in the style stakes as well, with anyone guilty of sartorial offences being swiftly and surely dealt with by the Gunners' 'fashion police'.

"But everybody at Arsenal dresses well - and they have an interest in doing so," he concluded.

"When a player lacks taste in what he wears, we are quick to let him know. He finds his outfit dumped in the dustbin, and we take the ‘Mickey’ out of him."

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