Arsene Wenger has told BeIN SPORTS that Lukas Podolski is "not for sale" and will not be leaving Arsenal in January, while suggesting Abou Diaby could still have a future at the club.
Podolski, 29, has made just one start for the Gunners in the current campaign after a truncated preseason due to Germany's World Cup success in the summer.
He has suggested he will leave the club in the January transfer window if his situation does not improve, but Wenger is adamant Podolski, who moved to North London from Cologne in 2012, will be going nowhere.
"He plays in a position where there is a lot of competition, where I have the most players," said Wenger, who has given Podolski four Premier League outings as a substitute this term and three further cameo appearances in the Champions League.
"He arrived very late because of Germany's run at the World Cup, and he took some time to get back into shape. And it is not at all agreed that he will leave at Christmas, believe me. I am the one who sets the price, and we are very far away from the five million euros estimated. He's not for sale."
Diaby, 28, also looks like he may still have a future at the Gunners, despite his continuing injury problems.
Since featuring in Arsenal's 2-1 Capital One Cup defeat to Southampton in September, the midfielder has failed to played again, and is currently sidelined with a hamstring tear.
The former Auxerre player has made just a single Premier League appearance in the last two campaigns, and is out of contract in June.
Wenger, however, suggested Diaby will get a new deal if he can come back from the latest of a litany of injuries he believes are the result of a challenge from Sunderland's Dan Smith in May 2006, which left the Arsenal man with a broken ankle.
"He's a player for who I have a huge amount of respect," Wenger said. "Imagine that each time he comes back there's another injury. You have to start all over again.
"He works six to eight hours every day to get back into shape, and each time he comes back, he gets injured again. He's a player who was destroyed by competition, by a bad tackle, which has never been highlighted.
"The main problem is that a footballer needs his ankle, and the mobility of his ankle. When the mobility of your ankle is reduced, you compensate for that in all your movements. That's what has caused Diaby's misfortune.
"He was tackled at Sunderland, six or seven years ago. A tackle from behind, a killer tackle that was never punished and which changed the mobility of his ankle. People say he's a fragile player, he's not a fragile player.
"He's a player who was destroyed by a bad challenge, and I hope he's now going to come back. Of course, if he comes back, I'm going to keep him. I have always extended his contract, because I have always believed in him. I have a lot of respect for the mental strength that he has shown in the last six or seven years. He has gone through some incredible things."