Arsenal’s payment structure for Rice deal has been revealed
Arsenal’s payment structure for the signing of Declan Rice from West Ham United has been revealed. The Gunners will pay an upfront fee of £100 million ($127 million) to secure the services of the England midfielder, with an additional £5 million ($6.4 million) in potential add-ons, according to reports.
The payment terms stipulate that Arsenal will have until the summer of 2025 to complete the payment of the full transfer fee. The amount will be paid in three instalments over the next 24 months.
Declan Rice to Arsenal, here we go! Deal in place between Arsenal & West Ham and Gunners sign their top target. 🚨🔴⚪️ #AFC
£100m plus £5m add ons. It’s the most expensive signing ever for Arsenal and most expensive English player ever.
Arteta & Edu, crucial to make it happen. pic.twitter.com/w0OApXoTwD
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 4, 2023
This arrangement allows Arsenal to spread out the financial burden of the transfer. West Ham initially sought to receive the majority of the fee by next summer, but a compromise was reached between the two clubs.
If the deal goes through at this price, the Englishman would become the most expensive English player in history. His arrival will further strengthen Arsenal’s midfield, which already includes players like Jorginho, Thomas Partey, Martin Odegaard, and new signing Kai Havertz. Jurrien Timber is also expected to join Rice and Havertz at the Emirates Stadium this summer.
🚨 Confirmation from @TalkSport: Declan Rice will undergo his Arsenal medicals this Friday. 🏴 pic.twitter.com/JOPGIz4pYE
— Eduardo Hagn (@EduardoHagn) July 5, 2023
Arsenal’s pre-season preparations will begin with a friendly match against Nurnberg in Germany on July 13, followed by a tour of the United States.
The North London outfit will be expected to fight tooth and nail for the Premier League title, after losing out to Man City narrowly last season.
With the business they are doing, few people would doubt that.
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This saga has finally come to an end
West Ham very tough negotiators so don’t think we will be returning to sign any of their players in the near future😂
Timber should also be wrapped up very soon and then the club are expected to focus on outgoings to make room for at least one new signing possibly two more.
Should have nabbed Bowen as well
I really do love JustArsenal but I must say I do not like the fact that the likes of Fabrizo and made to look like some sort of concrete authority on transfer issues while the real ITKs are being ignored. This deal was completed on Monday. The ITK who reported this was the same one that called the Julian Timber deal weeks before Oinstein even voiced it. He has also called Rob Holding as gone. Also Xavi Simons are in coming. I’m not against the likes of Fabrizo but they are reporting what someone else has already worked hard to do without given them credit. If at all they want to give credit then they only credit their fellow top ITKs ignoring the real ones who called it first.
Pardon the errors. Didn’t proof read.
If Simons comes, Smith-Rowe, Vieira or Trossard may have to leave. How about Lavia?
As for Smith Rowe and Viera and Trossard he hasn’t said anything about them yet. But he did say that we’re seriously in for Lavia but if Liverpool get him then we’ll move for Tchouameni.
According to him, we just completed phase 1 of our 3 phases transfer. Phase 1 was always purchases before sales : Harvertz, Rice and Timber.
Phase 2 is Purchases after sales. As you can see all talks of outgoings were paused until after these incomings. That’s why you now hear talks of Xhaka going, Balogun going etc.
I’m not saying he’s unblemished but he’s been spot on in all he has said so far. First to call the following:
Timber
Harvertz
Called Saliba’s new contract same day he signed
Called Nelson’s new contract same day he signed.
He’s calling Simons
Calling Holding as gone.
All I’m trying to say is there are lesser known ITKs out there who should be given more credit than the likes of Fabrizo who to me are merely tapping from the lesser knowns.
Saliba and Nelson haven’t signed yet
Well according to him they have both signed pending official announcement.
Good one. Finally an Arsenal player. Will be good seeing Rice in the Arsenal colours. Am so optimistic he’s going to be a hit for Arsenal. Welcome great guy
I think Rice will become our new main CDM in EPL and Jorginho/ Elneny will play in the cup competitions?
UH! just the mention of Elneny makes me feel like it’s Championship level stuff.
Elneny was good in that position
Gai, the Good thing about DRice is that he sits back a lot with less forward adventures. That would enable him do defensive work well and protect the defence. I guess with Havertz attacking flair, Zichenko will join DRice to pay more attention to defensive duties. Zichenko plays DM for his national team Ukraine.
Zinchenko has also been playing left DM for us when we have the ball, but we may abandon this tactic because of Timber’s arrival
Anybody else feel exhausted by the whole Rice saga?
It’s still not done and dusted yet though. Until Rice signs I’m not getting to relaxed.
The fact that the amount is staggered over a period of 2 years shows that Arsenal succeeded in convincing WestHam in spreading out the payment. Anyway, after City withdrew from further bidding, WestHam did not have much option but to agree to Arsenal’s proposal. There is no doubt whatsoever that Rice is a fantastic signing, bringing high value, quality, consistency and leadership to the Arsenal squad.
Arsenal wanted to stagger over 5 years according to most reports, hence the long delay. Almost every big signing is staggered these days due to Uefa FFP rules.
Edu and company must be given an A grade in the market thus far, something tells me they are not quite done yet too.
In a bold attempt to salvage approximately £50 mills plus for two players over 30 yrs old, maybe is a sign we have finally gotten our act together.
I think the next target should be a striker that can score at least 25 goals plus a left winger that can assist saka because the season is long.and if possible why not take de gea as back up to ramsdale since is a free transfer.
I hope the Gunners boss Mikel Arteta will listen to his Arsenal’s constituency. Which of course are the voice of the Gooners . Which is mostly expressed on JustArsenal website.
And who enmas in their solidarity have voiced their opinions out emphatically saying to Arteta that, he shouldn’t make the mistakes about it to allow Thomas Partey leaves Arsenal to another club on transfer sale this summer. But retain him wholeheartedly in his Arsenal’s team for next season’s campaign in all competitions.
Even if he’s agitating to leave, Arteta should say NO to him emphatically. This is because of the rare top quality he has in him and brings to the team. Which according to the Gooners, the Arsenal’s midfield combo consisting of Havertz, Rice and Odegaard won’t be an upgrade to Partey’s singular midfield prowess for Arsenal in the middle of the park next season. But a downgrade without partey in it
so therefore, Arteta please what do you say on this issue?
Wtf? Like Arteta would come reply to you here, or even reads anything on here.
Anyways we don’t need players who don’t want to be with us, and I don’t think Partey wants to play second fiddle to Rice.
Besides he’s too often injured, and he was pretty poor at the end of the season.
Well if White is worth fifty million then the fee for Rice makes sense. that’s the market and that’s how badly we need him.
I’ll be keen to see whose midfield turns out better between ourselves and Liverpool, we are both working on similar areas of field. On paper, their deals look like good business they’ve got good attacking strengths I really hope ours work out how Mikel intends
As for Lavia, the guy Daremesh on sky sports says that we’re not interested in him. Delighted we signed Rice I love having power in the midfield base, I think our next signing in there will also be powerful
West Ham have done right by themselves. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity for them to get such a fee for a player. They had to sell this summer but we have overpaid on the up front element, should have been more adds on to make up the full fee. I wonder if anyone touted actually leaves, £21m for xhaka seems like a decent price I thought £13m was very cheap
I only hope Partey stays with us, his presence is essential for a strong and resilient midfield. We could have a pivot of Rice and Partey with Odegaard/Havertz just in front of them.
Definitely not essential. He was pisspoor towards the end of the season, and he has been too often injured.
We will be alright with Rice/Jorginho and a few games for Elneny and maybe even Timber.
Besides I don’t think he wants to sit on the bench in important games, while the Rice is cooking.
Gunnerforlife, agree completely. Declan Rice on his own, without a strong physical midfielder like Thomas Partey, the other options to partner Rice and Odegaard would not be competitive enough against the top 6 teams. Should fees be brought in from the sale of Partey and Xhaka, money should be spent on a replacement CDM. Appropriate names mentioned have been Moises Carcedo from Brighton and Romeo Lavia from Southampton. The name which hasn’t been mentioned, who would be an excellent signing (although 27) is Joao Palhinha from Fulham, who may be available at a better price. He would fit the bill perfectly, with a midfield of Odegaard, Rice and Palhinha being formidable.
So it’s still not a done deal, but ok, sounds like it’s definitely on.
@Gunsmoke.
How is salvaging £50 million for both Xhaka and Partey that good, when Casemiro, then 30 years, was sold for £60 million. Many objective assessors will put Partey in same ilk as Casemiro and Rodry. And don’t forget, Partey has two years left on his contract. I was a bit annoyed reading Arsenal wanted just around £30 million for Partey.
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