Arsenal are favourites to land Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh.
The Mail on Sunday says the 25-year-old Morocco striker is out of contract next June and able to talk to other clubs in January.
Arsene Wenger, having failed to agree a fee with Bordeaux in August, is now likely to get his man in the winter transfer window, as Chamakh himself is desperate to move to the north London club.
He could join the Gunners for a knockdown £1.5 million.
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