Arsenal have reportedly said no to a second and increased offer by Aston Villa for their youngster Emile Smith Rowe. The bid was said to be worth £30 million this attempt.
In a space of a week, Aston Villa have come in with two bids consisting of £25m and £30m for Arsenal talent, Emile Smith Rowe, with the player continuing to delay on a new contract with the North London club.
"Arsenal reject second Aston Villa offer for Emile Smith Rowe. Aston Villa have stepped up their attempts to sign Emile Smith Rowe from Arsenal by submitting a second offer for the attacking midfielder, who is yet to agree a new deal at the Emirates Stadium. (Via: theathletic.com)"
Aston Villa working hard for a Jack Grealish successor
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It is believed that Villa has authorised the departure of playmaker and star player, Jack Grealish – he is set to join Manchester City for a British record-breaking fee of £100m.
Most tabloids are confident the deal will go through hence the Villains eagerness to get a successor deal over the line as soon as possible.
"Manchester City are looking to break the Premier League and British transfer record for Jack Grealish, and that we’ve known for a long while, but now it appears it will occur at the end of Euro 2020. (via: thetopflight.com)"
The West Midlands club have been busy this summer and picked up where they left off last summer window, making some big moves for some top talents.
Their best and most expensive summer signing so far is the acquisition of Emiliano Buendia from newly-promoted Norwich City for a club-record fee of £35 million.
He forms part of two new additions at Villa Park – Ashely Young has made a return to his old club following a successful run in Italy with Inter Milan where they were crowned Serie A champions last season. He steps in to add the much-needed experience to help the youngsters coming through at the club.
Did Villa really think an extra £5m was going to be enough to tempt Arsenal into selling Smith Rowe? Such an odd one this.
— Charles Watts (@charles_watts) June 28, 2021
Arsenal remain adamant that he is not for sale after this latest Villa offer, obviously.
The Gunners are not entertaining any talks for Emile Smith Rowe
The two bid rejections tell us openly that the Gunners see Emile Smith Rowe as an important figure for the near and long-term future.
Despite a pair of profitable proposals from Villa for a 20-year-old, they are still unwilling to consider any offers. Both offers submitted by Dean Smith’s club are double Rowe’s market value. He is currently worth £15.5m (€18m).
Every player has their price and we’ve seen in the past when the right offer comes in a club normally agrees.
This only means Arsenal values him at a much higher price and are right in doing so, having already witnessed Aston Villa break their club-record fee for a non-Premier League proven player.