The club had been thought to be interested in signing the Rennes midfielder, though Wenger indicated injuries could prompt a re think.

"No [I am not interested in M'Vila]. We wait on Diaby and Wilshere," Wenger told the club's official website, www.arsenal.com.

"When you look we have Alex Song, Aaron Ramsey, Francis Coquelin, Wilshere, Mikel Arteta and Diaby.

"In defensive midfielders and box-to-box players we are not short if they are all coming back.

"If we have setbacks in pre-season it could be different."