Arsenal has been handed a boost in their pursuit of Declan Rice as West Ham closes in on a replacement for the Englishman.
Rice has been clear about his future and wants to play at a Champions League club, which has given Arsenal a boost in their bid to sign him.
The Gunners remain one of the top sides in the country and have challenged for the league in this campaign, which could make Rice choose to join them.
However, West Ham must sign a replacement and they like Eintracht Frankfurt’s Djibril Sow.
In a boost for both clubs, Football Insider says the Hammers will succeed in their bid to pay £30 million, including add-ons for Sow.
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West Ham now recognises selling Rice in the summer is the smart thing to do, which is a boost to us and we expect the transfer to go through now.
We have eyed him for a long time and must work hard to ensure another club does not steal a march on us to sign him.
Rice has been one of the finest midfielders in Europe for some time now and we expect him to do well for us in the Champions League next season.
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“Rice has been one of the finest midfielders in Europe for some time now and we expect him to do well for us in the Champions League next season.”
What effing planet do you live on? I live in Spain, sunshine, and believe me even the dogs in the street know what a dog Rice is. Not that anyone even knows who he is, sorry to burst your balloon.
Personally, I think Declan would be better off staying at the London Stadium unless, or until, a genuinely big club (ie Man City or Real Madrid) come in for him. His willingness to leave West Ham is because he wants to win trophies – not something he’s likely to get a sniff of at Arsenal (unless we’re talking possible FA or Carabao Cup – which he has just as much chance of winning at West Ham). Wish Declan well wherever he goes anyway, and know he’ll be back someday. Whoever borrows him for the next few years will be getting a bargain.
Bish, are you an undercover Hammer?
Rice would do well at Arsenal, but we shouldn’t pay silly money for him. There has been so much talk about him coming here that I’m convinced West Ham will put a £100 million price tag on him because they knpw how much Edu/Arteta are obsessed. Just putting it out there.
Hell no, why should Arsenal pay over £60 mil for Rice with one year left on his contract.
Man City paid £52 mil for Haaland a much proven talent that was in the same contract position as Rice.
With the abundance of quality midfielders available, Arsenal should walk away if West Ham attempts to twist our hands
Gunsmoke, agreed that we should walk away if price gets overblown, however not sure there are so many available players who are top drawer. Who would you say is ?
Please can you name the quality midfielders you are talking about i really like to know, for me Caicedo and maybe Zubimendi though some say he is another over rated midfielder
I’d say Onana; likely cheaper than Rice and more versatile as well. He can play DM or CM, better technique, and I think far better value for the money.
Anything over 55 or 60 million Arsenal should look elsewhere. We aren’t desperate and have our pick of midfielders who would happily move to Arsenal.
No reason to get mugged by West Ham
You do realise Haaland had a release clause which City paid plus a Huge singing on fee to him and his Agent
West Ham have an option to extend Rice’s contract by 12 months so even that is different
You really shouldn’t be getting your information from Click Bait sites that tell you what you want to hear
30M plus add ons: the maximum we should offer West Ham for Rice. Take it or leave it. Rice needs Arsenal more than Arsenal needs Rice.
My fellow Arsenal fans always protecting the Kroenkes wallet. According to Forbes, Kroenke is at the top of the sport-specific 2022 rich list with a colossal net worth of £8.8bn (€10.7bn).
At this pace we may buy Rice on the last day of the transfer season, thus with no time pre-season preparation.
Looking forward to seeing AFC tackle the transfer market. We are in a position of strength such as the quality and youth of the first eleven. Will we go with experienced players, PL-proven players, more youthful exuberance, or a mixture? We are so close to being the best and it makes this next window intriguing
Evgunner and Naftali the answer is as clear as day, the Caicedo kid, but I will tell you why.
Caicedo offers the same defensive abilities as Rice, but more in terms of his all round game.
Can anyone here honestly says Rice has performed better than even Onana this season, did you watch the game between Everton vs Arsenal how Onana brushes Odegaard aside on one of his long powerful run to get inside our box.
This Onana lad is easily one of the most improve and powerful midfielders have seen this season, it’s only a pity he’s not the gaffer type of player.
But ball playing midfielders like Lacottelli and Zubimendi who are similar to Rodri offers a lot to Arsenal on how we wants to play