Emile Smith Rowe was one of the scorers as Arsenal defeated Leyton Orient 2-0 in a behind-closed-doors friendly today.
Both Fulham and Crystal Palace have shown interest in the midfielder, especially after he lost his place in the first team at Arsenal.
Although the Gunners want him to stay, they will not stand in his way if he asks to leave, provided the offer is right.
As those two clubs try to sign him, Smith Rowe is preparing well for the new season, hopeful that he will be a starter if he remains at the Emirates.
Mikel Arteta likes Smith Rowe and will give him chances to play if he stays fit. However, injuries have plagued him over the last few seasons.
Despite the uncertainty around his future, Smith Rowe scored one of the goals, with Gabriel Jesus netting the other in Arsenal’s routine win, as reported by Metro Sport.
The Gunners are aiming to win the Premier League this season and are working hard to achieve this goal. This win helps keep the team positive and confident as the season approaches.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Smith Rowe is one of our finest academy graduates, and we want him to play more games, but he must stay fit and prove his worth.
I completely agree with the JA opinion. I wish Emile the best of luck staying injury free and hopefully he has a positive impact on our season, helping us to win a trophy or two! ♥️🤍
He was fit last season.
Not all season
I completely agree but if make a mistake and sell him we will regret what he will when we meet his club in EPL clash. The guy is good, let’s keep praying for him to stay fit.
We need him to shine. ESR is in the football “shop window” so shining is good because it’s likely to attract customers. Arsenal needs other players that they want to sell to shine as well. Who is going to pay reasonable money for players who don’t?
The bottom line – in every sense, but particularly the financial one – is that Arsenal needs to sell players. Not send them on loan as has happened in a couple of cases so far but sell them for actual money.
OK, that’s a pretty new concept for Arsenal given their very poor selling record for years now but it’s necessary. With the (presumed) arrival of Calafiori the club will have spent some £60m so far in this window – and other players may also well arrive – but they have not recouped a single £1 to date. That can’t go on.
We have to bite this “selling bullet” which means offloading players like ESR and four or five others, if possible. ESR’s performances in friendly games will, hopefully, help that to happen. It will be sad to see him leave of course but there it is.
Why ESR
Why not Viera, as he’s way better than Viera
ESR is right there amongst our best midfielder
He is top quality like Declan Rice
So why dont we talk about offloaded people he is way better than:
Viera, Lokonga, Elneny, Jorginho