Temat: Piłka Nożna

Samir Nasri has branded Jamie Vardy "a cheat", following the role the Foxes forward played in the Sevilla midfielder's red card on Tuesday night.

"For me he's a cheat because if he was a foreign player you, the English press, would be saying he's a cheat. For me he is a cheat," said Nasri.

"They were winning 2-0, play the game like a man. You are not better than us but you are winning 2-0 and will qualify, just play the game.

"For an international player you don't need to do that. Look at the image. Yes he did it, but he did it well.

"He played it well. I thought the English players were tougher than that. He is the one who came to my face.

"I'm surprised but I should have thought about it and not reacted but I'm a man. I see the whole thing, coming out of the Champions League which is a big blow for us. It was just a reaction.

"It was a foul or something and then he pushed me and I said 'what are you doing?' and then he came to my face. That's what happened."

"If I tell the truth I don't think you will be able to write it," the 29-year-old added.

"I would love to speak to him [but there are] too many cameras and security and I have to think about next year and not getting a big suspension."

He said: "Everton as a football club has a great history, but the future has to be written, you get me? Instead of living in the past, you have to think ahead.

"We always talk about the [Everton] teams of the 1980s and 1970s and it was great, but we want the fans talking about now. No disrespect, but you want to remembered as well. You cannot only be remembered by scoring goals, you want to be remembered by winning trophies.

"You have to think how this club has to grow, how it has to improve, which player does it want to bring in so you can challenge for the big trophies.

"Sometimes I will speak to Vincent Kompany who was at [Manchester] City when it all happened. He said, 'Rom, one summer I just came in and boom, boom, boom, boom… Robinho from there, that guy came in, this guy came in, this guy came in [clicking fingers] and then everyone was criticising them but at the end they won league titles, FA Cup here, League Cups there.

"I don't know what the board's plan is, but there were some players I knew the club could have got and they didn't, and they're playing in this league. I am not saying names, but they are doing well.

"It is a little bit frustrating but, at the end of the day, we have fantastic players. We cannot look at the others, we can only look at ourselves. We are the only ones to blame. We cannot blame the fans. We cannot blame the manager."

The 23-year-old, who is the Premier League's joint-top scorer this season alongside Harry Kane on 19 goals, believes he is one of the best strikers in the division and named the top forwards in world football he looks up to.

"I look at Luis Suarez, Robert Lewandowski, Karim Benzema, Edinson Cavani. That's it. I'm not looking at the rest. No chance," he said.

"He [Kane] is a top player and you want to see top players in the league, but I don't look at other players if they aren't going to teach me anything. If I don't have the feeling that you are going to teach me something, why should I look at you?

"I watch what they do in certain moments and I think, 'That's interesting.' I'm close to that [level], I'm close.


"At the minute, I am one of the best strikers in the league. I can't not say that. If I don't say I am one of the best I am shooting myself in the head. At the minute I am one of the best in the Premier League, 100 per cent.

"But at the end of the day fans want to see trophies, players want trophies. So we need to try more, give a bit more. You should not shy away from it. Like, if you don't win a trophy there is something that has gone wrong, because if you have the belief that you can do something, you can do it."