Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh can't see a move to West Ham United coming off.

"Of course the transfer window isn't shut but I am pessimistic about my chances of going," he told L'Equipe.

"West Ham are the latest to come in. It's only in the past week that they have shown an interest. But I am seeing what happened with Arsenal all over again - the problem is Bordeaux. So it is very tricky."

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is not willing to meet Bordeaux's valuation of Chamakh, whose contract will expire next summer.

Sunderland, meanwhile, had no chance of signing the striker with Bordeaux coach Laurent Blanc insisting he would only enter talks with a club he estimates are bigger than Les Girondins.

"As much as I managed to understand the attitude of the club about refusing Sunderland, I was surprised there hadn't been an arrangement with Arsenal, even if it was a small offer. It is Arsenal after all," Chamakh added.

"So, there I was disappointed. I am still, but I have moved on. I had to rediscover my smile and the pleasure of playing."