{"id":643702,"date":"2024-07-25T10:41:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T14:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=643702"},"modified":"2026-03-15T13:51:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:51:29","slug":"emile-smith-rowe-fulham-transfer-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/07\/25\/emile-smith-rowe-fulham-transfer-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"Fulham Close to Signing \u2018Forward-Looking\u2019 Arsenal Player in Record Transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal are gearing up for a <\/span>major<\/span> transfer exit as they near an agreement with London rivals Fulham for fan-favourite Emile Smith Rowe.<\/span><\/p>\n

Emile Smith Rowe Nearing Fulham Move<\/h2>\n

Record Sale for Arsenal<\/h3>\n

According to <\/span>The <\/span>Athletic’s<\/span> David Ornstein<\/span><\/a>, Fulham are close to reaching an agreement with Arsenal for the transfer of Smith Rowe. If accepted, the deal would be worth \u00a335 million.<\/span><\/p>\n

This<\/span> would be a record move for both clubs. The <\/span>Gunners’<\/span> biggest sale<\/span><\/a> was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to Liverpool in 2017. He was sold for \u00a335 million, the same amount as <\/span>the<\/span> current offer for Smith Rowe. The <\/span>Cottagers’<\/span> most expensive signing was Jean Michael Seri, signed from OGC Nice for \u00a327 million in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Though <\/span>Fulham’s<\/span> first bid<\/span><\/a> of around \u00a330 million was rejected<\/span> a few weeks back, they <\/span>kept pursuing<\/span> the Englishman. And now they look set to have achieved success in this transfer saga.<\/span><\/p>\n

The money received from this deal will be accounted for as pure profit since Smith Rowe is an Arsenal academy product. A <\/span>huge<\/span> sale such as this will provide sporting director Edu Gaspar the financial leeway to make more big-money signings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Injuries and Game-Time Influence Smith Rowe\u2019s Transfer<\/h3>\n

Injuries have been the biggest spoilsport in Smith <\/span>Rowe’s<\/span> career. The<\/span> “<\/span>forward-looking<\/span>“<\/span><\/a> Arsenal midfielder <\/span>was <\/span>forced<\/span> to miss 31 games<\/span><\/a> in the last two seasons due to injuries. Consequently, he <\/span>couldn’t<\/span> play in a continuous stretch of games, making it difficult to prove his worth to Mikel Arteta.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More<\/span><\/strong>: <\/span>Arsenal Make Correct Decision To Offload<\/span> \u2018<\/span>Reliable<\/span>\u2019 <\/span>Player To Fund Calafiori Move \u2013 Opinion<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Even while fit, Smith Rowe <\/span>was mostly<\/span> listed<\/span> as a substitute. A player as skilled as the 23-year-old was never content with the role of a bench warmer. Thus, he was open to a Fulham move.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hence, as heart-breaking as it might be for Arsenal fans to see one of their <\/span>own<\/span> leave the club, Fulham will provide Smith Rowe with more minutes on the pitch.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arsenal are gearing up for a major transfer exit as they near an agreement with London rivals Fulham for fan-favourite Emile Smith Rowe. Emile Smith Rowe Nearing Fulham Move Record Sale for Arsenal According to The Athletic’s David Ornstein, Fulham are close to reaching an agreement with Arsenal for the transfer of Smith Rowe. If […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5155,"featured_media":635066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,30,3,28],"tags":[3190,2810],"class_list":["post-643702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal","category-news","category-premier-league","category-transfers","tag-arsenal-transfer-news","tag-emile-smith-rowe"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":666482,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643702\/revisions\/666482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}