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title: "Aston Villa: Emile Smith Rowe update"
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author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Aston Villa"
published: "2021-07-07T20:40:31Z"
modified: "2021-07-07T20:40:31Z"
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# Aston Villa: Emile Smith Rowe update

**Aston Villa are submitting a third bid for Arsenal midfielder Emile Smith Rowe, [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-arsenal-hint-at-smith-rowe-u-turn-as-aston-villa-new-offer-is-submitted/) report.**

### The Lowdown: Two rejected offers

A [number 10 is a priority](https://twitter.com/greggevans40/status/1410855765104005120) for Villa after they signed [Emiliano Buendia](https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2021/june/Villa-confirm-club-record-Buendia-signing/) and [Ashley Young](https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2021/june/Villa-announce-Ashley-Young-signing/), with Smith Rowe thought to be a [top target](https://twitter.com/greggevans40/status/1410855765104005120).

Villa have already had offers in the region of [£25m](https://twitter.com/David_Ornstein/status/1405161786006028290) and [£30m](https://twitter.com/David_Ornstein/status/1409442112366649344) for the 20-year-old turned down by the Gunners, however, they haven’t given up hope.

Smith Rowe is yet to sign a new deal at the Emirates and is thought to be [‘blown away’](https://metro.co.uk/2021/07/06/emile-smith-rowe-blown-away-by-aston-villa-as-arsenal-reject-second-bid-14879463/) by the interest from the Midlands.

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### The Latest: Source shares update

According to [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-arsenal-hint-at-smith-rowe-u-turn-as-aston-villa-new-offer-is-submitted/), who have been informed by a Villa source, a third bid offer is set to be tabled, after, tellingly, Arsenal refused to give Villa a definitive ‘no’.

Villa are encouraged a deal can now be completed, with a third bid thought to be close to the [club-record fee they paid Norwich Buendia last month](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aston-villa/transferrekorde/verein/405).

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### The Verdict: Rumours not going away…

The links to Smith Rowe haven’t gone away [three weeks after their first bid was turned down](https://twitter.com/David_Ornstein/status/1405161786006028290).

If Villa manage to get a deal over the line, owners Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens, along with sporting director Johan Lange, should be praised massively.

They’d be spending over £30m on a player for the second time this summer, which just goes to show the club’s ambition for the 2021/22 season.

Smith Rowe is flattered by the interest, and should a young Arsenal ace who got [regular game time last season](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/emile-smith-rowe/leistungsdaten/spieler/392765/plus/0?saison=2020) see Villa as an attractive move, it just goes to show how far the club has come in recent years.

***In other news: ‘And so it begins’, ‘I knew changes would come’ – Many AVFC fans react as news is confirmed, find out more [here](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/aston-villa-news/aston-villa-fans-react-to-fixture-changes-2/).***