Manchester City were so keen to offload Samir Nasri that they were happy not to make a single penny up front from his transfer to Turkey

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Manchester City did not receive a penny from Turkish club Antalyaspor for Samir Nasri.

Sportsmail understands that the Premier League giants were so keen to see the Frenchman leave they accepted a host of add-ons and a sell-on clause rather than a fee from the Turkish outfit to get him out.

As revealed in June, City feared Nasri could end up costing Antalyaspor £25m. The midfielder is being investigated by UEFA for an alleged breach of doping rules and the club were concerned that, should he be banned, they could be lumbered with paying £12.5m wages to a player who could not play and who had two years left on his contract.

Samir Nasri was unveiled by Antalyaspor in a formal ceremony on August 22

While they would have sought legal advice should that situation have transpired, City remained determined to see Nasri, deemed surplus to requirements by Pep Guardiola, depart.

The £120,000-a-week international, who City paid Arsenal £24m for in 2011, joined Antalyaspor last week in a deal reported to be worth £3.2m.

However, that figure was actually the total sum of a number of clauses and no money changed hands initially. Instead, City settled for a number of performance-based and loyalty-triggered conditions. 

They will also be due a substantial sell-on figure should the Turkish club decide to cash in on the 30–year-old. For that to happen it is likely Nasri would have to emerge unscathed from the ongoing UEFA probe.

The investigation was launched after a bizarre incident last December in which Nasri, then on loan at Spanish club Sevilla, appeared to use an intravenous drip at a Los Angeles clinic. If he is found to be in breach of anti-doping rules he could face a ban of up to four years, although two is thought to be more likely.

Nasri made the move to the Turkish club from Manchester City, who weren't paid a fee

Nasri, who joined the Spanish club after allegedly reporting back overweight for Guardiola's first pre-season, made a visit to the LA intravenous therapy clinic 'Drip Doctors', who tweeted that they had provided the player with 'an IV drip to keep him hydrated and in top health during his busy soccer season with Sevilla'.

The Spanish Agency for the Protection of Health in Sport initially launched a probe, which is now being handled by UEFA.

Such treatments are banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency unless administered in quantities of no more than 50ml per six-hour period, or when a certificate of special dispensation on medical grounds has been obtained.

Meanwhile, City are not expected to take any further action over the debacle at Bournemouth this weekend, which saw Sergio Aguero wrongly accused of assaulting a steward before the complaint was sensationally withdrawn when it emerged television footage showed that the Argentinian had done nothing of the sort. 

The club could have launched their own complaint against the steward but have decided to deem the matter closed and move on.

City could still receive money in the form of add-ons and have inserted a sell-on clause