Arsenal boss Arteta says Smith Rowe deserves England call

Football
5 Mar 2021 • 9:51 PM MYT
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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says Emile Smith Rowe deserves an England call.

Gunners star Bukayo Saka has been a revelation this season and now looks a certainty to play for England at the Euros this summer.

His team mate Smith Rowe, 20, also does not look far behind after making his big breakthrough at the Emirates this season.

That has prompted Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta to talk up Smith-Rowe's chances of getting an opportunity for England at senior level.

Arteta said: “I think it is possible if he shows the same determination as Bukayo, be as humble as he is and play with the personality that he's done, I think he's got a great chance.

“Emile has got all the attributes, all the qualities that's needed to play for this football club and, in my opinion, to play for the national team. After it is about finding the consistent level that is required, because obviously that level is as good as it gets.

“But I think he has shown in moments of this season what he can do. So it is about now doing it for longer periods, adding more assists, more goals, being a threat all the time and working as hard as he has been doing because I think he has been phenomenal for us."