{"id":529951,"date":"2023-10-08T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/?p=529951"},"modified":"2023-10-08T06:20:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T05:20:09","slug":"west-ham-100-backed-to-join-emile-smith-rowe-race-as-agbonlahor-issues-quit-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/west-ham-100-backed-to-join-emile-smith-rowe-race-as-agbonlahor-issues-quit-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"West Ham ‘100%’ backed to sign Smith Rowe – and this is where he would play"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gabby Agbonlahor<\/strong> has claimed West Ham should “100%” pursue a move for Arsenal fringe star Emile Smith Rowe as he weighs up his future.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former Aston Villa striker, speaking exclusively to Football Insider<\/strong>, insisted new Gunners signing Kai Havertz will get “chance after chance” ahead of the 23-year-old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Football Insider <\/strong>revealed on Wednesday (4 October) that there will be significant interest from Premier League clubs in Smith Rowe if he leaves Arsenal.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"West<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It is believed the Gunners star is weighing up his options amid a continued lack of involvement at the Emirates Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Football Insider <\/strong>revealed in August that West Ham and Chelsea registered their interest in a late-window deal for the 23-year-old.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith Rowe<\/a> has made six appearances across all competitions this season, totalling just 135 minutes of action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked if the midfielder would be a smart signing for West Ham, Agbonlahor told Football Insider<\/strong>\u2019s Ewan Kingsbury: \u201c100%. I really like him.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt sometimes comes to a point where you love your club but you have to leave.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think Smith Rowe is now at that point.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen the manager pays \u00a360million for Kai Havertz, he\u2019s going to get chance after chance. Not deservedly, but he will.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s Vieira in there as well, so I don\u2019t think Smith Rowe will get the minutes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think he should leave. It\u2019s a big time in his career.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Arsenal\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think he fits the West Ham mould. You could have him in behind Antonio in that side.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt won\u2019t be just them interested. There\u2019ll be a lot of clubs in for him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other news, major update on Liverpool and Jarrod Bowen as talks open.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gabby Agbonlahor has claimed West Ham should “100%” pursue a move for Arsenal fringe star Emile Smith Rowe as he weighs up his future. The former Aston Villa striker, speaking exclusively to Football Insider, insisted new Gunners signing Kai Havertz will get “chance after chance” ahead of the 23-year-old. Football Insider revealed on Wednesday (4 …<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":529694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverart":"\"\"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","_grv_disable_ads":false,"grv_featured_categories":""},"categories":[114,4,18923,1048],"tags":[3,117],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529951"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529951"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":530387,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529951\/revisions\/530387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}