Marianne Chamakh insists his future remains with Arsenal despite the storm over his being caught smoking a shisha pipe after last weekend's defeat to QPR.
Arsenal and QPR have left it to Arsene Wenger and Mark Hughes to decide whether to reprimand Chamakh or Adel Taarabt, who was also pictured.
The Morocco team-mates both featured in QPR's shock 2-1 wi
Last month it was revealed that the Gunners were keen to off-load the striker who has scored just once in 17 appearances this season.
However, Chamakh told French magazine Onze: 'Am I going back to Bordeaux? For now, no. I have spoken to Wenger and I will stay at Arsenal. I think he trusts my work and I will have opportunities in the first team.
'I left Bordeaux to improve as a player and I think I can continue for this club. My agents have been ordered to reject bids that come from other clubs because I want to prove I can be useful for the Gunners.'
Shisha is a waterpipe in which fruit-scented tobacco is burned using coal, passed through a water vessel and inhaled through a hose.
Smoking it is not illegal in the UK, although some clubs may frown on any kind of tobacco use.
Wenger has previous in dealing with smoking stars. Last year Laurent Koscielny was caught after the club's end of season awards clutching a pack of cigarettes, while William Gallas was told his behaviour was 'unacceptable' in 2008 after the then captain was pictured outside a London nightclub with a cigarette in his mouth.
The current incumbent of the armband, Robin van Persie, was also pictured outside Amsterdam Airport in a similar situation.
He said: 'I didn’t see the picture, I have been informed by (Head of Communications) Amanda Docherty, but I don’t like that. I will check that with him. He has a responsibility as captain of Arsenal Football Club — that cannot be accepted.'
Taarabt was the star of QPR's npower Championship-winning season last term but, until Saturday, had failed to adapt to the top flight and came close to joining Paris St Germain in January.
Rangers boss Hughes praised his performance against Arsenal and predicted the 22-year-old would become a 'top Premier League player' providing he continued to harness his talent.
