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Samir Nasri's Manchester City career looks to be over after he threw a furious strop at being dropped.

France midfielder Nasri is understood to have reacted angrily when boss Manuel Pellegrini told him he would be left out against Leicester on 4 March. The 27-year-old then left the Etihad before the end of the game.

He did not feature in champions City’s next match, a 1-0 defeat to Burnley, but was then handed a chance to redeem himself in the Champions League at Barcelona. But he lasted just one half and was hauled off after a petulant kick at Neymar.

Ex-Arsenal star Nasri was also left out of the squad for the win over West Brom and played only the final 13 minutes of Monday’s defeat at Crystal Palace.

He is now set to be the biggest casualty of a summer shake-up in the wake of City’s dismal failure to defend their Premier League title.

They are ready to offer Nasri and Edin Dzeko as potential makeweights in a huge player-plus-cash bid to sign Juventus and France midfielder Paul Pogba.

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City maintain he did not break any club rules and that he had fulfilled his club obligations by the time he left the Leicester match last month, but that is unlikely to save him from the axe.

Boss Manuel Pellegrini has been left under mounting pressure, while executives Txiki Begiristain and Ferran Soriano are fighting to save their jobs after a disappointing season.

Inter Milan want midfielder Yaya Toure, striker Stevan Jovetic is also on his way out while full-back Bacary Sagna could go less than a year after joining on a free transfer from Arsenal.

England midfielder James Milner is also set to move on this summer. Liverpool are chasing him on a free transfer once his contract expires.

City are acutely aware of Financial Fair Play, which means they will have to balance the books to launch a bid for Pogba - Juve are insisting it would take a world record fee to get the former Manchester United starlet out of Turin.

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They are also targeting English talent as they are under mounting pressure to fulfil the Football Association rules in the future.

Club chiefs are determined to usher in a new era with an English core, and they will make a bid to sign Liverpool contract-rebel Raheem Sterling as soon as the window opens.

Arsenal’s England midfielder Jack Wilshere is another potential transfer target as City look for big name signings.

But the Gunners have opened contract talks with the 23-year-old, who is on his way back to fitness having been out since November, and City may struggle to lure him away from the Emirates.

* THE Football Association have launched their bid to find the Manchester City sweet chucker, writes Adrian Kajumba.

They will contact City as well as home club Crystal Palace for their observations after a visiting fan hurled a sweet at Eagles winger Jason Puncheon.

The FA’s priority is to work with City and Palace to find the supporter who hurled the object in Palace’s 2-1 win on Monday rather than punish the clubs.

If tracked down, the culprit could be hit with a stadium ban.

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