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title: "Pellegrini believes Nasri will improve"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Abdullah Mulla"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2019-01-07T13:48:22Z"
modified: "2019-01-07T13:48:56Z"
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# Pellegrini believes Nasri will improve

West Ham United manager Manuel Pellegrini is confident that new signing Samir Nasri will continue to improve.

As reported on the official club [website](https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2019/january/07-january/pellegrini-nasri-will-continue-improve-his-performances), the former Arsenal and Manchester City man made his first appearance for the Hammers in the FA Cup third round victory over Birmingham City.

![Alex Morton/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readwestham.com/readwestham/2019/01/1077624882.jpg)

The match was his first competitive appearance since November 2017 and he put in a pretty impressive performance.

Pellegrini is confident that he will only get better. He said:

> I think there were a lot of things to take from the game and one of them was Samir Nasri’s play after a long time without playing an official game.

> I was very happy with the way he played. He is a player who gives you time with the ball and has good technique and the ball is always around him.

> I was never worried about Samir because I saw him working for so many days in December so I was sure he was able to play. He has demonstrated that he is back and he will continue to improve his performances as he plays more games.

The 31-year-old is now pushing for a start in West Ham’s next league game, which is against his former club Arsenal.