Samir Nasri is considering retiring from international football after being snubbed for the second consecutive World Cup for the French national team. The City playmaker was controversially left out of coach Didier Deschamps' 23-man squad for this summer's tournament in Brazil, and was not even among the seven potential replacements.

Nasri also revealed that he was prepared for the omission. The attacking midfielder has displayed fine form for Manchester City this season and scored on Sunday as the club secured the Premier League title with a 2-0 win over West Ham.

Samir was handed a three-match suspension by the French Football Federation following an expletive tirade directed at journalists during Euro 2012

"I was prepared," he told Sky Sports News. "I knew before, sometimes you have the feeling.
"When you want to speak with the manager, but he doesn't want to speak with you, you know that you're not going to go to the World Cup.
"I was prepared mentally. It was a shock but I was prepared mentally, so I'm okay."

"What can I say? I respect his choice. He wanted not to pick me, good on him.
"I wish good luck to the French national team and I need to take some time now to think about the national team, because it has been twice now that they have taken a World Cup away from me."

Deschamps has defended his decision to leave out Nasri suggesting that he was not a an ideal squad player. Deschamps told reporters: "Samir is an important player for Manchester City but he has not performed that well with France. "He is a starter at City, which is not the case with France, and he has made it clear that he is not happy when he is a substitute - and I can tell you it can be felt in the squad."

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