•  Aston Villa could now be an tempting destination for Arsenal attacking midfielder Emile Smith Rowe, after the Villa Park outfit have previously expressed their interest in the European U21 Championship winner.
•  The 23-year-old Gunners starlet is currently sidelined with a knee injury, and has reportedly gained the attentions of Newcastle United heading into the 2024 winter transfer market.
•  The Villans are battling to keep hold of one of their stars heading into January, whilst also having a reported interest in Athletic Bilbao and Ghana striker Inaki Williams.

Emile Smith Rowe, an attacking midfielder for Arsenal, may be lured to Aston Villa in the 2024 winter transfer

window. Transfer insider Dean Jones offers his assessment on the star’s

possible thoughts on a move to Villa Park.

The Villans, led by Unai Emery, are off to a great start in the 2023–24 Premier

League and Europa Conference League, and they intend to keep up their quick rise in the coming months.

Villa has been very successful in the transfer windows that have just ended, and they may continue to be successful

in the winter market if they want to qualify for the 2024–2025 Champions

League. Smith Rowe is having difficulty staying healthy and getting consistent

playing time at Arsenal under Mikel Arteta.

Smith Rowe’s high transfer value

Smith Rowe, who made his first Premier League start in 524 days in October’s 5-0 victory over Sheffield United at the

Emirates Stadium, is out with a knee injury sustained in training. The

attacking midfielder was supposed to play in the Carabao Cup match the next

day against West Ham United, but he was injured and hasn’t been available since.

Smith Rowe would be sidelined for “weeks,” according to Arteta, who expressed concern over the injury. The

European U21 Championship winner is expected to return to action before the

year is out, according to the Spanish head coach.

Since the beginning of the 2022–23 season, Smith Rowe has had difficulty

getting into the game; he made just 14 appearances as Arsenal came close to

winning the Premier League for the first time in 19 years last season. It is not

surprising that Premier League clubs are interested in hiring the 23-year-old.

The Northern Echo reported in October 2023 that Smith Rowe would be transferred by Newcastle United during

the winter transfer window of 2024. According to the same report, Arsenal

values its academy product at £50 million, implying that, given their

concerns about Financial Fair Play, the Tyneside team would need to get

creative in order to strike any sort of deal.

Smith Rowe’s services were reportedly being considered by Brighton & Hove Albion and West Ham United in June,

while Villa had previously been connected to Dean Smith’s management.

The future has been discussed between Arteta and Smith Rowe, according to

journalist Paul Brown, who spoke with GIVEMESPORT on October 5. The Spanish

head coach confirmed that Arteta still has a place at the Emirates.

“Smith Rowe to Villa would be an interesting one to test out because he’s

still not getting a look in at Arsenal. Because of the level that Villa have

elevated themselves to, I think that that might have a bit of a different look at it if

you were somebody like Smith Rowe, who’s on the fringes and knows he’s not

going to become a big part anytime soon of what’s going on at Arsenal.

“He could look across at Villa and think it’s pretty exciting. He could be a bigger part of it there than at the Emirates. So, it

would be enticing for the player at some point. He seems adamant that he wants to

stick this out at Arsenal, but it will come to a point

where he will have a decision to

make, and a team like Villa might be the one that proves to tempt him.”

Aston Villa transfer news

In order to guarantee a spot in the 2024–25 Champions League, Villa must take into account their potential business as

the winter transfer market draws near. The Villans will not back down,

according to 90min, because Arsenal, Liverpool, and Manchester City are

interested in Douglas Luiz. To move to Villa Park, Smith Rowe would need a

deal with the Gunners for the Brazil international, which could entice the

former European Cup winners to speak with the massive north London team.

In the meantime, Villa is reportedly interested in Athletic Bilbao striker Inaki

Williams, according to Football Insider. After their La Liga overlap, Emery is

apparently a fan of the Ghanaian international.

The 29-year-old’s age is not a factor, as the head coach of Villa wants a player who is prepared to start in the Premier

League right away. Williams’ transfer could allow Villa to send Jhon Duran out

on loan. The player and Emery are said to have disagreed over Duran’s lack of

playing time during the 2023–2024 campaign.

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