Arsenal boss
Arsene Wenger hopes £7 million
is enough to land Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh.
The London Evening Standard says Wenger sees Chamakh as
a ready-made replacement for Manchester
City-bound Emmanuel Adebayor and wants to move
quickly for the French-born Morocco international in order to fend
off interest from other Premier
League clubs.
Fulham, Tottenham and Sunderland have also been linked with the
25-year-old, who has just one year to go on his contract and has
refused to open talks with his French club over an extension.
Bordeaux are now resigned to losing him and manager Laurent
Blanc wants the player's future to be decided before he takes his
side on a pre-season tour of Canada next Wednesday.
Chamakh has a £7m buy-out clause in his contract - and for
Wenger it would appear too inviting to turn down, even if Chamakh
is an unknown quantity in England.