Arsenal has been named the favourites to sign Declan Rice as the midfielder prepares to leave West Ham at the end of this season.
Rice has been one of the finest midfielders in the Premier League for some time now and Arsenal believes he will improve their options.
West Ham wants him to stay but knows this is likely the summer the Englishman will change clubs and is preparing a replacement for him already.
Rice is wanted by the top clubs in the country, which means Arsenal will have to work hard to see off other sides to add him to their squad.
However, the Gunners remain confident they will win the race and The Sun reports they are prepared to offer him a huge salary upgrade to make the move.
The ex-Chelsea trainee makes around £60,000 a week at the London Stadium and the report says Arsenal is prepared to quadruple that money to lure him to the Emirates.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Because Rice is wanted by the top clubs in England, he is very likely to get a team that can pay him more than we are offering.
However, the midfielder will also appreciate our offer and if we can convince him that moving to the Emirates is best for him, he will likely choose to join us.
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The problem is not his salary, but the transfer fee required by West Ham.
Defensively sound but not the midfielder that is going to win us the game.
But have seen defensive midfielders in the past and present do exactly that, the legendary Thurman, Bellingham, Caicedo, Onana and Zubimendi
Rice is worth no more than 100K per week and a 40M transfer fee to West Ham.
Why would we want to waste millions on a low- impact player who doesn’t score goals? Would rather spend the limited funds securing long term deals for Saka and Saliba.
Couldn’t we get a high-impact striker like Osimhen for less than the ridiculous 240pw being quoted for the boring and ordinary Rice?
I feel the same about Caicedo too.
There’s a report on Sky Sports that West Ham would consider letting Rice go to a CL club if they receive a 120m-pound offer or 100m plus a player.
If this is true, then Arsenal should already start looking for other options because not only are such figures incompatible with the clubs transfer budget, but the player is not worth anything near that
It is some sort of smoke screen to fool CFC (aka Mudryk saga). My bet would be Caedado or Onana, and who would sign would depend on the personal terms as Mikel’s boys are well groomed in skill, attitude and discipline.
WHU can have Holding & Elneny if they wish, both are good lads with the skillset good for a team hovering around the relegation zone.