Premier League side Fulham completed their second transfer of this summer. After signing former Tottenham Hotspur player Ryan Sessegnon on a free transfer, Fulham have now just completed the signing of English international Emile Smith Rowe from Arsenal. Fulham completed the move for a club record signing for a transfer fee of close to 30M. The initial transfer is 27M but it could rise to 35M in the future, as per sources.
Emile Smith Rowe’s time at the Emirates
Emile Smith Rowe was an Arsenal academy graduate. The 24-year-old midfielder joined the Gunners at the age of 10. Since then Smith Rowe has developed in the Arsenal academy before making his senior team debut with the Gunners in 2018. He also spent two loan spells with RB Leipzig and Huddersfield in the 2018/18 and 2019/20 seasons respectively. After returning from the loan spell with Huddersfield, Emile Smith Rowe remained with the Gunners and since 2020 the 24-year-old continuously making appearances for Arsenal.
It was a good start for Emile Smith Rowe under the new boss Mikel Arteta, when the Spaniard joined Arsenal in 2019. In the 2020/21 and 2021/22 seasons, Smith Rowe made a total of 70 appearances for the Gunners, bagged 15 goals and registered 9 assists. Smith Rowe also played for the England national team, appearing 3 times for the Three Lions.
But the 24-year-old was kind of left out in the past two seasons, making only 44 appearances in two seasons. With the advent of high-profile midfielder players such as Thomas Partey and Declan Rice, Smith Rowe’s playing time under Arteta is getting lower. In his last 25 appearances in the Premier League, the midfielder only started 3 games for the Gunners in the Premier League. So, a move to a new club was inevitable. That’s why Emile Smith Rowe chose Fulham for his next home.
Reaction of Emile Smith Rowe after joining Fulham from Arsenal
Emile Smith Rowe is delighted to join the Premier League side Fulham from his former club Arsenal. The English international talked with Marco Silva about the project of the Club and he is very excited to start a new career and eager to give his everything to help Fulham what they want to achieve. Fulham fans are also very delighted with their new signing. Emile Smith Rowe can add some depth in the midfield area for Marco Silva’s side.
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta also wished Emile Smith Rowe a good career with his new club and also talked about his time with Arsenal. The Spaniard also praised Emile Smith Rowe’s performance in the past years with the Gunners.
More Arsenal and Fulham news
Arsenal fans are very happy with the Gunners’ recent result with the Bundesliga champion Bayer Leverkusen. Mikel Arteta’s side crushed Bayer Leverkusen by 4-1 in their latest pre-season match. Now Arsenal will meet Lyon for their final Pre-season match before starting their Premier League campaign with Wolves at Emirates. After missing out on the Premier League title back-to-back two times, Arsenal fans are hoping that they will be third-time lucky this time around. Arteta is looking to strengthen the squad depth further before the start of the new season.
Meanwhile, after completing the move of Emile Smith Rowe from Arsenal, Fulham sealed another move of former Villarreal defender Jorge Cuence with a transfer fee of around 8M. Marco Silva is keen to improve the result this season after finishing 13th in the league last time around. Fulham will their Premier League campaign against Manchester United away from home later this month.
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