Last Updated: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:00
Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh says he wants to join Arsenal when he becomes a free agent in the summer.
Arsene Wenger is expected to add the Moroccan to his strikeforce in June and save the £10million asking-price the French champions wanted when a bid was tabled last summer.
The 26-year-old will be in a position to dictate his own personal terms to the Gunners, with Inter Milan, Juventus and Sevilla also interested, but his desire to play in London, and under Wenger, appears to indicate that only an untimely injury could deny him his dream move.
"My future? Well, I hold all the cards, I have no reason to be under pressure but everyday passing by, I am a little less a Bordeaux player," he revealed.
"My choice is to join Premier League and if I could choose, I will go to Arsenal.
"Bordeaux has brought me so much. I will soon clearly state things so the club can prepare to find my replacement peacefully."