“I am very eager to wait right up until the end of August to see what happens.  But there is nothing definitely on at present with Arsenal – in contrast to Sunderland.

Will Arsene jump in last minute and try to sign the player?

“If he were to move to Arsenal, I am not sure that selling Adebayor would be sufficient to attract him and us. If Arsenal were to offer €10 million it would not be enough,” Triaud said on RMC.

“I have not spoken with Marouane since the end of the season. Still he has a year left of contract. Could he sign a new deal? Indeed.

“I am not sure that he has already gone, as he has everything he needs in Bordeaux, including his family. We are going to talk about it.”

What this does highlight is that we are very much in the hunt for the player and very much interested in potentially selling one of our players.