Why is chamakh not playing for arsenal

He may not have been the most graceful of strikers, but at Bordeaux and, initially, at Arsenal, he proved a handful for defences with his aerial prowess, strength and eye for goal.

While he was not quite at that level a year later, he still mustered 10 goals as he played every match in Le Championnat. Instead, he saved his best for the Champions League, where Bordeaux made an unlikely run to the quarter-finals, having won a group that contained both Juventus and Bayern Munich by dropping just two points.

A move to Arsenal on a free transfer followed and the early signs were promising. On his Premier League debut against Liverpool, his header created an own goal from Pepe Reina in a draw. And then there was his haircut. Over the past five or six years, Marouane Chamakh's hair has left us in a perpetual state of confusion. The Morocco international first arrived in England with his bizarre receding mullet back in with Arsenal, after impressing in the Champions League for Bordeaux.

He managed just eight goals in the Premier League with the Gunners before moving on to West Ham and Crystal Palace, where he didn't fare much better. Without meaning to be too harsh, the most entertaining thing about watching Chamakh was probably his thinning, often ragged-looking barnet. Wales secure play-off place at least.

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