Arsenal target cuts his holiday short
Declan Rice is on the verge of completing his move to Arsenal after cutting his holiday short to undergo a medical with the club, according to The Mirror.
The West Ham and England midfielder is set to become the most expensive British footballer in history with a £105 million transfer to the Emirates Stadium. The Gunners had already agreed on terms with The Hammers last week, and the deal was facilitated by Manchester City’s withdrawal from the race for the Englishman’s signature.
🚨 | Declan Rice set for Arsenal medical after cutting holiday short to return to London. #MirrorSport #AFC pic.twitter.com/668YImonR3
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Finalizing the payment structure is the remaining detail before the 24yo can finalize the move. Once he completes his medical and other formalities, the midfielder will sign a long-term contract with the North London outfit. Rice’s return from his holiday in Dubai has expedited the process.
Upon his arrival, Rice will be Arsenal’s second signing of the summer, following the acquisition of Kai Havertz from Chelsea for £65 million. The Gunners are also targeting Dutch defender Jurrien Timber from Ajax.
Rice’s move to Arsenal marks the culmination of a long pursuit by manager Mikel Arteta, who had a secret meeting with the midfielder in January to discuss plans for his development.
Declan Rice playing in the garden with Mark Nobles son today after returning from holiday #arsenal #WestHam #arsenalfc pic.twitter.com/tBx6LPAgUi
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The England international is expected to join his new teammates for pre-season testing, with Arsenal’s first friendly match scheduled against German side Nurnberg on July 13.
His competitive debut for the Gunners could come in the Community Shield against his former suitors, Manchester City. Rice’s arrival may also trigger potential departures from Arsenal, including Granit Xhaka, Thomas Partey and Albert Sambi Lokonga, and all already been linked to a move away from the club.
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What your saying is, at this moment in time, wrong.
There has been NO agreement on terms, that’s why The Arsenal cannot officially announce the transfer.
Apart from agreeing the method of payment, it’s been reported (here on JA!!) that WHU want a buy back clause inserted into the contract.
A “secret meeting”!! That means that our club are breaking the rules doesn’t it?
If it’s “secret” how comes you know about it?
These articles are getting more and more absurd regarding Rice and most of it is just regurgitated BS copied from the media.
Fabrizio reporting no date set yet for medical and could be 3 or 4 days before final deal details agreed with WH. There are rumours of extra clauses requested by WH, like a sell on clause, but could be just BS being peddled by WH fans.
For whatever reasons, It does seem to be dragging on though.
That is all it is – rumours rumours rumours.
The so called “experts” and “people in the know” like Fabrizio Romano know absolutely nothing.
Lets hope it falls through – no one can possibly believe that Rice is worth £105 million.
Valverde yes.
Rice no.
How about having no more posts about Rice signing until it’s confirmed on the website that he has actually signed. According to hundreds of reports he has been on the verge of signing for weeks now.
I would be delighted if this deal fell through.
We are look at signing a £50 million player for £105 million whereas we could get much better value for money elsewhere.
As an Arsenal fan it is infuriating that despite the big talk about Edu being more aggressive in the transfer market I have seen no evidence of this at all.
The fee was agreed last Monday and he still hasn’t had a medical.
I wish they would just pull out of it and concentrate on better players.
Bidding 105 mil for Rice and 65 mil for Havertz is aggressive bidding but our payment structure is less so, and 40 mil is a lot for a backup instead of going cheap like we did with Tomiyasu, Kiwior, and Trossard. We should’ve closed the door by now these deals were open for the hijack
We are now on the second bottle, this huge fish is taking an awful lot of oil to cook.
Full agreement has now been reached with Westham and Rice has been given permission to have his medical confirmed by Fabrizio and Ornstein