The legendary Zinedine Zidane has paid the ultimate compliment to Arsenal playmaker Samir Nasri and backed the Frenchman to achieve a great career.

Nasri, who scored on his Arsenal debut, will be happy to know that one of the best players in the history of the game is one of his admirers.

Zidane has hailed the left midfielder and tipped him to reach to the very top with both his club and country.

The former Real Madrid icon has even said that watching Nasri in action is a pleasure for him.

Zidane said: “I really think that Samir has a beautiful career ahead of him and that he represents our national team’s biggest hope.

“I have been following his career since day one because we share the same origins and we both come from Marseille.

“He is a great player, I like his qualities and enjoy myself every time I see him play.”

Adapted from Setanta Sports

I hope Zidane's predictions are true (: And Franck Ribery (picture above) is SUPER good! If only if only Arsene had bought him! BECAUSE HE WANTED TO COME TO ARSENAL.

Instead, he blew the chance and Bayern Munich bought him. Now its almost impossible to get him from Bayern cause he is doing EXTREMELY well in Bundesliga ):

Watch old Marseille games to see Ribery and Nasri play alongside each other. I watched and I was like...OMG. If Ribery had come to Arsenal(like he wanted) last season..And since Nasri is already here, it would have been a deadly combination at the wings. Let me keep dreaming about that for Arsenal..cause its virtually impossible for that to happen now unless Arsenal miraculously manages to get Ribery ):