The Arsenal academy product has struggled for minutes this season.

Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano is reporting Arsenal want an outright sale: "For example, West Ham tried to make a deal happen on loan for Smith Rowe, not even a buy-option clause included, and Arsenal are never going to accept that.

"For Arsenal, it makes no sense to let the player leave on loan.

"So my feeling is that, at the end, it's going to be complicated for Smith Rowe to leave in the January transfer window because Arsenal would only be open to a permanent transfer."