LONDON (AFP) - Arsene Wenger admitted Friday he would prefer if German goalkeeper Jens Lehmann stayed with Arsenal.

Lehmann, 38, has been out of Arsenal's first team since losing his place to Spaniard Manuel Almunia in September and has been courted by Bundesliga sides VfL Wolfsburg and Borussia Dortmund.

As Germany's first-choice goalkeeper, Lehmann is under pressure to play regular football and the national side's head coach Joachim Loew has expressed his concern.

Wenger said: "I believe first he has to make his mind up: does he want to stay with us or not? I personally would prefer him to stay and he has to make his mind up first and then we will see together."

And the Arsenal manager said that he does not expect to boost his squad during the January transfer window despite losing both Emmanuel Eboue and Kolo Toure when they join the Ivory Coast squad for the African Cup of Nations.

"We knew (about) that before the season started and we expected (Emmanuel) Adebayor to leave, so the good news is that Adebayor doesn't go. But we are not in the market at the moment," said Wenger.