The recent update in the form of the Gunners has been at the same time as the player was a regular starter in the Premier League.
Emile Smith Rowe has the “huge potential” to match the achievements of young England stars Phil Foden and Jadon Sancho, according to Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta.
The Gunners begin their FA Cup defense at home to Newcastle United on Saturday, having been suddenly promoted in Premier League form.
The London derby win 3-1 against Chelsea on Boxing Day inspired a consecutive run that won three games.
Smith Rowe got a starting spot in that game and has maintained a place after getting a good impression in a No. 10 career, with the 20-year-old giving Arteta’s team a late look of creative intent.
In 2017, Smith Rowe was part of England’s U17 World Cup-winning squad, with Foden named as the player of the tournament.
Sancho appeared at the group stages before being recalled to club action by Borussia Dortmund, and Arteta acknowledged that the two are ahead of Smith Rowe in their development.
“He has great potential. He really wants and has a personality when he goes on the field to express and play the way he can play,” said Arteta, who was the coach Foden and – more recently – Sancho at Manchester City as part of Pep Guardiola’s backroom staff.
“It’s a different thing to do it in a consistent way. The boys you mentioned, they’re done. It’s true that they’re at the forefront of their development because they’re has played many more minutes and games in the last two seasons.
“But he is able to do that. Whether he is going to do it will depend on how he continues to develop, how he takes the opportunity that lies ahead of him and what we can help to achieve that to achieve. “
RB Leipzig and Huddersfield Town have suffered horrific loan spells in the last two years before a pre-season injury, but a player known as “The Croydon De Bruyne” by some Arsenal fans has shown that he ready to make up for lost time.
“A lot of things have happened to him in the last year,” Arteta acknowledged. “He needs to establish himself here, he needs to be successful here, he really needs to find his career and his position in the team and in the club.
“That will help him to have a clear path. We really believe in him. He has to be fearless and go for it, because he has the quality.”
That quality has certainly been at the start of this season, with four Smith Rowe fans coming in at level one every 93.5 minutes over seven appearances in all competitions.
With the youngster in the side, Arsenal scored an average of 2.9 goals per game. The 4-1 Europa League victory over Rapid Vienna – in which he scored – was one of six wins Smith Rowe has been involved in this term, coming in with a winning percentage of 85.7 percent which drops to 40 in the 20 games he spent as a spectator.
It feels impossible for Arteta to leave him out of such a large batch of games again but the former Emirates Stadium captain pointed to the examples of Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli, who ended an interesting midfield attack with Smith. Rowe against Chelsea and Brighton, when talking about how younger players need to have their workloads.
That could mean some series playing in different roles, as Saka has done during his Arsenal career, although Arteta can’t deny the huge build-up that his progressive stars have given Arsenal, even as he tries to control expectations.
“Sometimes a team is a little worried and a little scared because of the results, because of the pressure,” he said, before noting the impact through a “commitment” that the younger members of his squad have shown. be.
“I think they were very helpful because they gave the team energy. They pushed the team to the other side and a different rhythm as well.
“But, of course, the young players need that strength, the experience and the maturity that the older players bring. It’s a good mix.”