Arsenal is set to make Declan Rice their number-one target in the summer as the Englishman considers his future at West Ham.
The Hammers want to keep the England international, but the midfielder has rejected three contract offers from them as he seeks to play for a Champions League club.
This puts Arsenal in a very good position to add him to their squad and the club will be keen to ensure they can win the race.
A report on The Sun says the Gunners will make him their priority in the summer and are prepared to pay as much as £80million for the midfielder’s services.
Chelsea continues to monitor their former trainee, while Manchester United also holds a long-standing interest.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Rice is one of the finest English midfielders on the market now and he will be a good player to add to our squad.
However, the Englishman will not come cheap and we must be prepared to pay a lot of money to win the race.
The 24-year-old has been superb for club and country and will be looking to join a progressing side like Arsenal, especially if we end the season with the league title.
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IF AND WHEN RICE IS SOLD, HE WILL ATTRACT A HUGE TRANSFER AUCTION INVOLVING SEVERAL CLUBS .
That fact means we will not get him. Next topic please!
Exactly Jon. 80m pounds and a bidding war with Chelsea at the end of the season. What I have learnt is big money moves does not necessarily guarantee success. I would love us to get in a decent player that can do the job.
Douglas Luiz
Tielemans
Ferran Torres
3 deals arsenal should focus on this January. For squad depth. Talking about an 80m pounds player that we probably wont buy this January does not make sense. He has been trending now for 2 days. lol
True, we should forget this one to avoid putting ourselves in embarrassing position and wasting lot’s of time.
How to cure a toxic and irritated fanbase suffering from overconsumption of stale Mudryk? A serving of cold Rice!
No reason to be talking about Rice at this time. This is just a carefully planted story to distract us from discussing the main challenges we face at the moment: finding a striker and midfielder before the end of the window.
Rice can wait until the summer, when (hopefully) we will be in a position negotiate a fair contract as PL champions.
Well Said, Arsenal can Get him as EPL Champion.
Dont think Liverpool and Chelsea will be Attractive for him by the Summer!