Source: SKY_Sports
Blanc fires Chamakh warning
Bordeaux manager Laurent Blanc has warned want-away striker Marouane Chamakh that he will not be sold to a lesser club.
Chamakh has been linked with moves to the likes of Arsenal, Tottenham, Sunderland and Blackburn this summer with Gunners manager Arsene Wenger admitting that he was considering a bid for the Moroccan.
The 25-year-old has made it clear that he wants to leave Les Girondins after five seasons at the Stade Chaban Delmas.
However Blanc believes that Chamakh should choose his options carefully and only leave Bordeaux if a bigger team come in for him.
"I can understand Marouane wanting to leave, even him wanting to go at any cost, but he must go to a club which merits him," he said.
"If this is not the case I might refuse his departure. If it does not work out he can stay at Bordeaux, it would not be a jail sentence to stay for another year after which he could have the promise of going elsewhere."
Meanwhile Lyon are reportedly monitoring the situation with club president Jean-Michel Aulas stating earlier this week that he would welcome Chamakh with 'open arms' if he decided to stay in France.
Les Gones coach Claude Puel also confessed that they were interested in the frontman as they gear up to try and win back the title from Blanc's men.
"Chamakh is one of the players who (we) are interested in and would have the qualities needed to reinforce the squad," he said.
