Former Arsenal and Newcastle striker Andrew Cole is backing a move to Tyneside for Emile Smith Rowe.
The midfielder is a January target for Newcastle.
Cole told Betfred: "It's another player that I'm shocked to see not playing as often as we all expected them to.
"Everybody was talking about him two years ago.
"He was Arsenal's future, a local lad that came from their youth set-up, but in the last two years later, he's sadly fallen off the face of the earth. I don't understand why he's struggling so much for game time because he's a very talented player, but it's evident that Mikel Arteta prefers other players to him and right now, I can't see how he will get back into their starting eleven.
Why would he not want to join Newcastle United? There're not many better places for you to go and play football than Newcastle and they're only getting bigger and the ongoing project at the club is massive.
"It would be very difficult for Emile to turn this move down."