Chamakh Close to Signing

The focus today is Francophone players.

France Football's Phillipe Auclair stated that Arsenal are close to signing Chamakh from Bordeaux.� Auclair is a respected journalist and knows quite a bit about Arsene's France based dealings.� If Phillipe Auclair claims Arsenal are close to signing Marouane Chamakh, then that is more credible than a lot of the UK newspaper back pages.