Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh has appealed to the club to allow him to leave and join Arsenal.

The Morocco international has been valued at £15million by Bordeaux who have rejected offers from the Gunners but he is keen to move on from the French club.

"My priority is Arsenal, but there are other clubs," the 25-year old told Canal Plus.

"If it's Arsenal, so much the better. I hope it'll be sorted out very quickly.

"I am not sleeping as well as I normally do.

"I made my wishes known to the directors at the end of last season. I expressed a wish to join another league.

"As much for Bordeaux's sake as for mine, my situation has to be clarified. I thought they (Bordeaux) would have made things easier for me."