£50m is far too much, but I do think ESR is a great player that deserves more playtime. He was explosive at the end of the 21/22 season, such a great super sub.
Considering the price for Gordon was 40-45m then 50m is really good value. That’s a fair comparison as they play similar roles and are both English. ESR is better than Gordon. The only real worry would be his injury record but if he can stay fit then 50m is more than fair.
It was a pretty serious surgery iirc, like hip-flexor groin area
Not sure he’s what we need.
Forgot he even existed tbh
I thought this would be a cut price deal if arsenal wanted rid. 50 mill really wouldn’t be value
Smith Rowe isn’t a bad player but surely there’s better value for money elsewhere? It’s not like they’re in desperate need of HG players
We love English players clearly.
Signed Gordon, Hall, Livramento, Barnes, Pope, Ashby, Burn, Trippier, Targett alone since the takeover.
Probably around the same value as Gordon.
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It has been suggested that Arsenal value Smith Rowe at around £50m, but FFP rules would almost certainly force Newcastle to be creative when it came to putting together a deal for the attacking midfielder.
Yeah, I don’t see us budging on that and I don’t see Newcastle paying it either.
It’d be funny if smith rowe ends up starting ahead of Willock. Because that’s how we ended up selling willock
It’s worked so far but if we wanna reach the next level this method simply won’t work.
Replace? We have a geriatric (though very good) Willian on the wing. We need players.
No ones arguing that its just that there’s no value in the English market. All those players were extremely cheap bar gordon and while it’s fine having 4/5 English players in your squad but there’s no point limiting yourself by just having a one nationality team.
I’d prefer we looked elsewhere in regards to ESR because he simply doesn’t solve the issues we have (creativity).
All of our best actually were from abroad.