Former Arsenal striker Alan Smith says selling Folarin Balogun would be the right decision.

The striker is ready to leave the Gunners after an outstanding loan last season with Reims.

He told GamblingZone: "It is hard because he's a few notches down the pecking order now, especially with [Kai] Havertz coming into the squad.

"I think the management probably see [Eddie] Nketiah being further ahead of him at the moment, they are similar types of players, and the club must think that Nketiah is a little bit better than Balogun. From Balogun's point of view, he will be thinking more about how much game time he's going to get.

He's a valuable player who can probably fetch £30million plus after the season he had in France. With financial fair play and all the rest of it, that that could help Arsenal a fair bit"