Source: Team_Talk
Wenger: No Chamakh deal done
The skilful Morocco frontman is out of contract at the end of the season, and so is free to talk to other clubs, and could pen a pre-contract.[LNB]Wenger has long been a fan of the 26-year-old, and is reported to have had an £8million bid turned down last summer.[LNB]Liverpool - Arsenal's opponents on Wednesday night - Inter Milan and West Ham have all been suggested as possible destinations.[LNB]Wenger, though, insists: "We are talking to nobody. We are focusing on tomorrow's game.[LNB]"I believe he talks to many clubs, what he is entitled to do.[LNB]"He is free to sign a pre-contract.[LNB]"He is free to sign where he wants but I cannot interfere in that."[LNB]But Reds manager Rafael Benitez has conceded defeat in his attempts to sign Chamakh in the summer.[LNB]The 26-year-old has reportedly hit out at Liverpool for being "fussy" over contract negotiations but Benitez is angry at the breakdown of the deal.[LNB]"I think that we will not sign him - but I will not say [any more]," said the Spaniard.[LNB][LNB] Marouane Chamakh's Club after Summer Transfer Window Join By End Of Summer Transfer Window: Arsenal 4/5
