Nasri: Everyone wants me to stay at Man City

Samir Nasri has dismissed talk of an exit from Manchester City this season but has called on the club to invest in the squad.

City finished as runners-up in the Premier League to Chelsea last season as Manuel Pellegrini & Co. finished empty-handed domestically, having also failed to reach the Champions League quarter-finals yet again.

Nasri started just half of City's league games last season, with Goal understanding the midfielder was deemed surplus to requirements ahead of the transfer window in a bid to overhaul an ageing squad.

But the Frenchman is fully expecting to remain at the Etihad Stadium during the summer, telling FourFourTwo: "I signed a five-year contract [last summer] and everybody at the club wants me to stay.

"It's up to the manager ... I had a lot of injuries and I want to take back the chance. But I will be in Manchester, having a great season and winning silverware - that’s what's going to happen next year."

Pellegrini is yet to bolster his ranks this summer, despite Liverpool bringing in five new faces and Manchester United signing Memphis Depay and seeing the likes of James Milner and Frank Lampard leave.

Nasri is aware the squad needs strengthening after the disappointments of last term, and points to the club's continual underachievement in the Champions League as a yardstick of their progression.

He said: "I think we're going to buy some players to try to improve the squad, to improve the depth as well – because if we want to be competitive in all the competitions, we need to have bigger depth in the squad.

"If we want to be competitive in the Champions League, which is one of the main targets, and if we want to fight for every trophy, that’s what you need to do – and that's what we're going to improve in the summer.

"The season was very disappointing for us. We secured second place, which was really important, but when you're a club like Manchester City you want to be the best and win trophies every year.

"After what happened in 2013-14, to finish last season without silverware was a blow, but we showed that we had a lot of character. We're ready to attack the next year and bring silverware back to Manchester."