Olympique Marseille management are resigned to losing Nuno Tavares at the end of the season.

On-loan from Arsenal, the Portugal U21 left-back has been superb over the first-half of the season.

Tavares has raised the prospect of signing permanently, however there's an acceptance at OM that Arsenal will not consider doing business.

Instead, OM are already looking for a replacement signing as they prepare to eventually lose Tavares in June.

Diego Palacios, of LAFC, has been raised as a potential signing.