Bids arrive for Smith Rowe … maybe …

Morning.

Let’s start with Emile Smith Rowe and some stories doing the rounds this morning. In one place it’s being reported that Fulham and Crystal Palace have had bids for the 23 year old turned down, in another it’s reported that both clubs are interested but haven’t submitted formal bids yet.

The bid that may or may not have been made is supposedly around £25m, with Arsenal holding out for something closer to £40m. Which I don’t think is completely unreasonable given some of the prices paid for the likes of Charlie Nomark and Brandon Whatsisname in this window already. Also, how many times have we read about Arsenal making bids for players and having our first one rejected out of hand? That’s how it goes in the market, and if we want to change the perception of how we sell, perhaps part of that is being a bit more difficult to deal with.

Obviously you need to find the right balance. If you are willing to let a player go, and the player wants to leave for the sake of their own career, the last thing you want to do is price him out of a move he wants. Then you have an unhappy player that you don’t really want, and that’s no good for anyone. As ever with these kinds of things though, the right price probably lies somewhere in the middle, so let’s see what Fulham and Palace come back with – assuming they actually came with something in the first place.

It does sound as if there’s genuine interest, especially from Fulham, and I think both of these clubs make a lot of sense for a player like Smith Rowe. Obviously I’m putting 2 and 2 together to make 5 a bit here, but I read last week about Arsenal interest in Eberechi Eze, who I think would be a fantastic addition. His situation is a little complicated in that he has a release clause which has to be more or less paid in full to activate, and that’s a lot of cash up front, but if you sell a player like Smith Rowe that’s pure profit on the books because of his Academy status, so perhaps…

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Publish date : 2024-07-16 06:24:47

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