Arsene Wenger admitted on Friday he would prefer if German
goalkeeper Jens Lehmann stayed with Arsenal. Lehmann, 38, has been
out of Arsenal's first team since losing his place to Spaniard
Manuel Almunia in September and has been courted by Bundesliga
sides Wolfsburg and Borussia Dortmund.
As Germany's first-choice goalkeeper, Lehmann is under pressure to
play regular football and the national side's head coach Joachim
Loew has expressed his concern.
Wenger said: "I believe first he has to make his mind up: does he
want to stay with us or not? I personally would prefer him to stay
and he has to make his mind up first and then we will see
together."
And the Arsenal manager said that he does not expect to boost his
squad during the January transfer window despite losing both
Emmanuel Eboue and Kolo Toure when they join the Côte d'Ivoire
squad for the CAF Africa Cup of Nations Ghana 2008.
"We knew (about) that before the season started and we expected
(Emmanuel) Adebayor to leave, so the good news is that Adebayor
doesn't go. But we are not in the market at the moment," said
Wenger.