CHRIS Kiwomya believes he can turn Yoann Arquin into a tour de force for Notts County.
The French striker is one of eight players to be offered a new deal with the Magpies.
It is a bit of a surprise because Arquin only scored two goals in the last five months of the season.
He ended the campaign as the club's leading scorer with nine goals, but a lot of fans still expected him to be saying au revoir to Meadow Lane.
But Kiwomya thinks he can get the best out of the 25-year-old if he stays.
"Yoann's difficult because sometimes he is absolutely magnificent, but then others you're not quite sure what he's going to do," he said.
"But he's had an impact when he's come on in games and he's scored some important goals since I've been here.
"I think he's one player you want to see if he can keep on improving because he is a handful."
Alan Sheehan, Jeff Hughes and Joss Labadie, as well as youngsters Curtis Thompson, Haydn Hollis, Greg Tempest and Tyrell Waite have also been offered new contracts after meetings with Kiwomya at Meadow Lane yesterday.
And the Magpies' boss hopes they all put pen to paper.
"They know where I want to try and go," he said.
"We'll see where it goes, but there will be a deadline and we'll move on if they're not signing for the club.
"Players have got to want to play for this club.
"If they want to sit on it for too long, we'll leave it, move on and get in other players."
Kiwomya says both midfielder Gavin Mahon and defender Krystian Pearce could also have a future at Meadow Lane and he is set for further contract talks with them in the near future.
Mahon is 36 and ended the season out on loan at Stevenage so it is a big surprise he could now stay at the club next season.
"He's at an age where I don't know what he really wants to do," said Kiwomya.
"We've had a quick chat and he's going to have a little think about it.
"There might be something there or their might not be, we'll find out very shortly."
Meanwhile, Julian Kelly, Hamza Bencherif, Liam Mitchell and Jake Wholey will all be released by the club when their current contracts with the Magpies end this summer.
