He told arsenal.com: "I feel our fans are behind him, I feel that was more disappointed love. To me, face to face, he always told me he wants to stay at the club, and it finished like that, so I believe what he told me. He is not going anywhere - even if you come with a 747-plane full of money.

"He wants to continue to improve as a striker and he is already recognised as one of the best, but he needs to keep working hard to be the best."