Arsenal fullback Bacary Sagna is delighted with the club's imminent signing of Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh.

Sagna has backed the Bordeaux striker to be a Premier League success story.

The France international said: "I know him. I played against him. He is top class.

"He is very good in the air and he scores a lot of goals from crosses. He keeps the ball very well and it will only benefit us to have a player like him in the team."