Fulham are persevering with negotiations to signal Arsenal winger Emile Smith Rowe for a club-record payment, in accordance with a report.
The Cottagers had a £30 million bid for the 23-year-old rejected final week and have now supplied £35m with add-ons, the Guardian has mentioned.
Ought to they full the deal, that determine would smash the £27m Fulham paid for Ivory Coast midfielder Jean Michael Seri in 2018.
🚨⚪️⚫️ Fulham have despatched new bid to Arsenal for Emile Smith-Rowe.
Proposal value as much as £35m as reported by @David_Ornstein, talks ongoing between the 2 golf equipment with participant open to the transfer.
Fulham, forward of Crystal Palace now and pushing to get it carried out. pic.twitter.com/pFL9K95eF7
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 25, 2024
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Smith Rowe was ignored of Arsenal’s 1-1 draw with Bournemouth in California on Thursday, which the Gunners gained 5-4 on penalties to launch their pre-season marketing campaign.
Supervisor Mikel Arteta later appeared to substantiate negotiations with Fulham are ongoing over the previous England worldwide.
“There are issues taking place within the background in the meanwhile,” mentioned Arteta. “We determined the most effective factor to do was to maintain him away from the sport at this time.”
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Croydon-born Smith Rowe joined Arsenal’s academy as a 10-year-old and was a part of England’s Underneath-17 World Cup-winning squad in 2017.
Having made his first-team debut in September 2018, the playmaker frolicked on mortgage with RB Leipzig in 2019 and Huddersfield City in 2020.
Finest day of my life!❤️ pic.twitter.com/kAoOgoo9QK
— Emile Smith Rowe (@emilesmithrowe) September 26, 2021
His breakthrough season got here when he scored 10 objectives in 33 Premier League appearances in 2021/22, profitable the final of his three England senior caps in 2022.
Smith Rowe began England’s Euro Underneath-21 last in opposition to Spain because the Three Lions gained the match for the primary time since 1984 in 2023.
An injury-plagued subsequent season had hampered his progress, adopted by extra misfortune when Smith Rowe sustained a knee harm on his first Premier League begin of 2023/24 which stored him out for six weeks from final October.
He made solely three begins throughout the season, discovering himself largely restricted to temporary substitute appearances.
