Arsenal boss
Arsene Wenger is confident
Emmanuel Adebayor is not set to quit in order to join AC
Milan, but accepts the striker could leave if he is not
committed.
The Togo star has long been linked with a move to the San Siro,
with rumours that the Gunners could accept a big-money offer to
create transfer funds.
With Arsenal having failed to win a trophy since the 2005 FA
Cup, it has also been speculated that Adebayor is keen to move in
order to find success elsewhere.
But Wenger believes the 25-year-old, who joined Arsenal in 2006,
will remain in North London for the new campaign.
"If he does not want to stay, he will leave but I think that he
will be still at Arsenal this season," the Frenchman told
RMC.
Wenger has also admitted that he would consider Bordeaux striker
Marouane Chamakh as a possible Adebayor replacement.
Asked if the Morocco international is of interest, he said:
"Yes, but only in the event of a departure."
Wenger has also confirmed that he was tracking
Karim Benzema
before big-spending Real Madrid had a €35million (£30m)
offer accepted for the Lyon striker.
When asked which French players he admired, Wenger said: "There
is one who interested me but he (Karim Benzema) left for
Madrid.
"I did not make of approach because I would never have thought
that Lyon would sell this year."
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