"I have been trying to contact him for days now, but I can't track him down or get through to him. I really need to know what he is doing. Otherwise I can't get on with what I want to do.
"If he is out there then can he please turn his phone on."
Arsenal are still favourites to sign the winger although their offer of an exchange deal with Jermaine Pennant or Ray Parlour is less attractive than a cash-only deal which Gerard Houllier may be able to muster.
