Aston Villa’s stance on Emile Smith Rowe deal

Smith Rowe’s Arsenal stint

Emile Smith Rowe was one of the few bright sparks for Arsenal in a less than impressive 2020/21 campaign.

The 20-year-old finally began to earn regular minutes for Arsenal’s first-team at the back end of 2020, and has since firmly cemented himself as a crucial cog in Mikel Arteta’s midfield.

The England youth international offers some much-needed creativity to the Gunners, and has provided seven assists and seven goals in 37 outings across all competitions during the seaosn.

Aston Villa eyeing Smith Rowe

Such fine form, despite it only coming during half a season, has seemingly attracted interest from another Premier League side.

It was reported earlier this month that Aston Villa had made a £25m offer for ESR.

However, Arsenal are said to have had no interest in selling, instead focusing on a new contract for the youngster:

🚨 Exclusive: Arsenal reject bid of around £25m from Aston Villa for midfielder Emile Smith Rowe. #AFC working to renew 20yo’s contract — which ends in 2023 — & have no interest in selling. #AVFC pursuit underlines their ambition this summer @TheAthleticUK https://t.co/sPsrVzOVw4

— David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) June 16, 2021

This did not deter Villa, however, who are reported to have come back in with an improved £30m offer on Monday:

🚨 EXCL: Aston Villa make 2nd bid to sign Emile Smith Rowe from Arsenal. After ~£25m offer rejected, new ~£30m proposal also rebuffed. #AFC adamant 20yo midfielder not for sale but new contract not agreed + #AVFC don’t seem to be going away @TheAthleticUK https://t.co/jWL7jIKJVk

— David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) June 28, 2021

This bid was also rejected, with Arsenal fans perhaps then expecting Villa to end their interest in Smith Rowe.

However, the Mirror are reporting that Aston Villa are not giving up their pursuit of Smith Rowe despite having a second bid rejected, with Dean Smith’s side still believing they have a chance of signing the youngster and will return with another bid.

Aston Villa’s Smith Rowe stance after second bid rejectedhttps://t.co/2xb0bpU5zU pic.twitter.com/DxcZQEtlnJ

— Mirror Football (@MirrorFootball) June 29, 2021

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Premier League table

#	Team	MP	D	P
1	Arsenal London	0	0	0
2	Aston Villa	0	0	0
3	Brentford FC	0	0	0
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	0
5	Burnley FC	0	0	0
6	Chelsea London	0	0	0
7	Crystal Palace	0	0	0
8	Everton FC	0	0	0
9	Leeds United	0	0	0
10	Leicester City	0	0	0
11	Liverpool FC	0	0	0
12	Manchester City	0	0	0
13	Manchester United	0	0	0
14	Newcastle United	0	0	0
15	Norwich City	0	0	0
16	Southampton FC	0	0	0
17	Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	0
18	Watford FC	0	0	0
19	West Ham United	0	0	0
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	0	0

Player	Team	Red Cards	Yellow Cards