Aston Villa are expected to table a third bid, worth £32.5m, for Arsenal attacking midfielder Emile Smith Rowe, according to reports in England.
The playmaker has two years remaining on his contract at the Emirates but the Gunners are trying to tie him down to a longer-term deal, and they are not open to selling the player.
However, Villa have been persistent with their interest in Smith Rowe and some fans on Twitter are getting worried by the whole situation:
We are going to lose one of our best prospects to flipping villa. I don’t believe it
— Connor. (@Ravels14) July 6, 2021
Calm down ffs he won’t leave ?
— R.I.P Arsenal ? ?? (@abhinavsing157) July 6, 2021
Because he’s got 2 years! Everyone needs to relax.
— Marvin Blake (@Real_Dj_Blakey) July 6, 2021
This is now looking like an Iwobi situation!!!
— e-Kellie (@emmieteks) July 6, 2021
this has the same vibes as us bidding 40mil+1 pound for Suarez
— darklord (@always4arsenal) July 6, 2021
this is becoming beyond a joke
— Gunneroo (@mattlakkis) July 6, 2021
Relax, ESR should be at pre season tomorrow and will sign the contract. Hes not going anywhere ?
— Time to Partey! (@MatthewCallow19) July 6, 2021
Scary they have upped their bid by a whooping 2.5m ???
— Wayne gauntlett (@waynosg) July 6, 2021
Gnabry all over again!
— MORPHEUS ?? (@BernardJenga) July 6, 2021
This is boring….if we sell to Villa it will be another mistake like Martínez and with Ødegaard committing to Real why would we sell?
— sarcasticgooner (@sarcasticgoone2) July 6, 2021
It’s possible that Villa have been given encouragement from someone in Smith Rowe’s camp to make a bid, otherwise, it seems strange that they would continue to table offers, knowing that they would be rejected.
However, it could be that the 20-year-old’s agent is trying to use Villa in an attempt to put pressure on Arsenal to hand the midfielder a better deal. We shall see in the coming weeks how this all plays out.
