Arsenal want ‘around £25million’ for Emile Smith Rowe with London rivals Fulham interested in signing him this summer, according to reports.
Smith Rowe has only started three Premier League matches in the last two seasons, dramatically falling down the pecking order under Mikel Arteta after a superb 2021/22 campaign.
The England midfielder scored 10 goals and made two assists in 33 top-flight appearances in 21/22, with his last goal in the competition coming against Chelsea in April 2022.
He also earned his first senior international cap in November 2021 but has not played for his country since a 28-minute cameo in a friendly against Ivory Coast the following March.
With minutes very hard to come by at Arsenal, there has been a lot of talk surrounding Smith Rowe’s future.
Fulham keen on signing £25m Arsenal outcast
It was reported last week that the 23-year-old is Fulham’s ‘priority’ target in the summer transfer window and Gunners transfer expert Charles Watts reckons he will cost ‘around £25m’.
Writing in his CaughtOffside column, Watts admitted that Smith Rowe is ‘expected’ to leave the Londoners this summer and ‘there is plenty of interest in him, both from clubs in the Premier League and abroad’.
Meanwhile, Watts says Arsenal are unlikely to pursue West Ham winger Mohammed Kudus after being unable to afford his signing from Ajax last summer.
