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4 Arsenal players who could go up a level in 2022/23

By Adam Schultz

Arsenal players celebrate Arsenal's French striker Alexandre Lacazette scoring their second goal during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Leicester City at the Emirates Stadium in London on March 13, 2022. - - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images)
Arsenal players celebrate Arsenal's French striker Alexandre Lacazette scoring their second goal during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Leicester City at the Emirates Stadium in London on March 13, 2022. - - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images) /
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It was an up-and-down season for Emile Smith Rowe. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
It was an up-and-down season for Emile Smith Rowe. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) /

Emile Smith Rowe

Handed the No.10 shirt after his impressive outings during the 2020/21 season, Emile Smith Rowe again improved on his output; netting 11 times and grabbing two assists in his 37 games in all competitions.

In the first 14 league games, Smith Rowe scored five times, three of which came in consecutive games against Aston Villa, Leicester City, and Watford. He again scored in three successive games five matches later.

He netted against West Ham, Norwich, and Leeds; which took his tally to eight goals through 18 games in the league. Not too shabby. But after the Boxing Day game against Norwich, Smith Rowe would only score two more times for the season.

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His season fell by the wayside and he’d end up being relegated to the bench for the most part. He was a used substitute for his last four games and did not see the field against Everton on the final day of the season.

Whether it was a case of the campaign taking its toll or the COVID and injury interruptions, Smith Rowe faded severely towards the end of the season.

He has everything needed to take his game to another level in 2022/23, however. His ability to take the ball on the half-turn, his body feints, and his capacity to find space where there is none are all qualities he can build on.

Still only 21, our ‘Croydon De Bruyne’ can hit a new level of play with ease this upcoming season.

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