Sokratis Papastathopoulos insists he will not "sit" on his contract at Arsenal and would look to move on if he becomes disillusioned at being out of the team.
The 31-year-old opened the scoring with a fine finish in Monday night's 2-0 FA Cup fifth-round win at Portsmouth – with Eddie Nketiah wrapping up the tie early in the second half.
However, Sokratis has been left out for plenty of recent matches as new Gunners head coach Mikel Arteta has preferred David Luiz and Shkodran Mustafi at the heart of his defence.
Manager Kenny Jackett made six alterations of his own with one eye firmly on the Sky Bet League One promotion race.
"If we'd have gone in level at half-time then it would have given us that little bit more to go for," defender James Bolton said.
"But I thought the lads produced a good performance and there was a lot of talent on show for Arsenal.
"The aim has always been promotion and the gaffer's rested a few players because the next few games are massive for us."
