The 21-year-old has since gone on to star for the Gunners
But, according to Rooney, he could’ve been on the Rams’ books and played in the Championship during the 2020/21 campaign.“When I first went in as manager of Derby, he’s actually a player who I enquired about to try and bring in on loan.” Smith Rowe played in the second tier for Huddersfield the season before, scoring twice and assisting three times in 19 games.
He started to show his quality in that loan spell and has continued to do that since then, starring forRooney continued his praise for the 21-year-old – making an interesting comparison between Smith Rowe and a former Liverpool midfielder.
He was lucky he didn’t get him. Guy is a professional footballer that can’t even lift the ball or place a ball. Its weird as fuck. These jeckle players only play for us. Same with Saka. Rolls the ball. Same with maryinelli. He can’t fucking place a ball. Fuck off.
But then Emile realised it was derby