Arteta said: “No. When any of my colleagues are in difficulties, I don’t smile.

“If anything, I would like to support them and I had a lot of support from a lot of managers in the league when we were going through rough times, even some advice as well and that’s how it should be.

“We are competing with each other but we share a profession and we know the challenges of this profession. So I wish Frank the best.”

Smith Rowe has shone for Arsenal since making his first Premier League appearance of the season on Boxing Day.