Blackburn Rovers owner Anuradha Desai says they want to keep Christopher Samba.
The defender is a target for Arsenal.
"We don't want to let Chris go," Desai told the Mail on Sunday. "I'm confident that we can keep him and I hope he'll stay.
"I know he has an ambition to play for Arsenal but I hope we can keep him for another year at least and prove our own ambition."
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