“I am going to do everything to make sure he does not go to just any club,” Blanc told L’Equipe.
“With him, things are clear. After the season he’s had, if he has to go, it will be to a big club. That’s why I am standing in the way of a departure to Sunderland.
“I am not going to change what I said to him at the start of the year. If an offer comes from a big club, I will not stand in the way. The door is half-open.”
Chamakh had been linked with several Premier League clubs including Arsenal.
