If you missed it earlier, Emile Smith Rowe is ready to remain at Arsenal past the summer season switch window.
The attacking midfielder was the topic of an method from Chelsea this week who tried their luck to poach the gifted star away from the Emirates.
But not solely is the 23-year-old going nowhere, Arteta has hinted that he’s set for an elevated function within the crew over the approaching months.
Asked if he’ll nonetheless be an Arsenal participant, Mikel Arteta stated: “Yes.”
Discussing Smith Rowe’s function within the crew, he added: “The role like everybody else does. To try to give his best and make the team better.
“I had a conversation with him and it’s important to understand where he is. The first three or four weeks were always going to be tricky for all the clubs.
“You see all the rumours and players who are not happy in every country because it’s one game per week for a month and everybody has a new season with huge aspirations, there are not minutes for everybody.
“September will be very different.”