Arsenal legend Ian Wright is so impressed with Declan Rice that he believes the Gunners underpaid for the Englishman.
Rice joined Arsenal for a record-breaking £105m fee at the start of this season and has proven to be worth the investment.
The former West Ham player has adapted brilliantly to the move to a top club and is now one of the standout players in the Arsenal squad.
Mikel Arteta has several world-class players in his squad, but one could argue that Rice has made the most significant impact on the team since his transfer to the Emirates.
While £105m is a substantial amount to pay for a midfielder, given Rice’s lasting impression, Arsenal legend Wright feels like an extra £20m should be handed to West Ham for the transfer.
He said, as quoted by The Sun:
“I’m not being biased or anything, but I was speaking to a couple of West Ham fans recently, and I wind them up all the time.
“I said: ‘Do you know something, I feel like we robbed you, I feel like we should give you an extra £20m. I’m going to give you an extra £20m because it’s making me feel guilty that we’ve only got him for £100m!'”
Just Arsenal Opinion
Rice has been brilliant on our books so far and we can trust the midfielder to deliver top performances for the team whenever he plays.
That is how you justify a big fee and those who expected him to flop after the transfer will be hiding now because he has hardly given them any reason to doubt that he is a good signing.
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Every once in a while a pundit would go off the rails with some outrageous comments, but not this time, Righty is right, but with same breath Leverkusen should give us £20 mill more for Xhaka
We overpaid. Lets be honest. Overly inflated prices for most of the players since Chelsea / Abramovich showed up in 2003/04.
If Chelsea give us a £20M refund for that other one, then sure, we can do the Hammers a favour too.
The thing about Havetz is that he is just the player that sets up or gets the goal at the right time.
I was impressed with him last game and when he came on as a sub against Brentford.
To be fair did he not assist one too
I think Havertz has potentially helped arsenal gain 9 points already.
And at 60 mil at todays prices with Pepe at 72mil 4yrs ago. It might be very good business
2 Goals one assist (one a pen)
You can’t use one of the worst signings in recent memory (Pepe) as the yardstick – why not choose haaland as the yardstick? Realistically, many players could have had a greater impact (so far) for less then half the cost of havertz. Anyways, it is still early days hopefully he kicks on now and starts to really show why he’s worth the money we paid. It could be that he shows it at the end of the season, when things get tough.