Manchester City could perform a Chelsea on Arsenal and hijack their move for Declan Rice in the summer.
Rice has been a target of the Gunners for much of this season as he nears an exit from West Ham.
The Englishman wants to play in the Champions League and Arsenal can offer that to him, but City is also well-placed to play in Europe’s elite club competition in the next campaign.
Before the January transfer window closed, Arsenal had been considered favourites to sign Mykhailo Mudryk, but Chelsea eventually hijacked the transfer and he plays for the Blues now.
Football Insider claims City might move for Rice if the conditions favour them and they are keenly following Arsenal’s bid to land the Englishman.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Rice is a superb player and we certainly are not the only club looking to add him to our squad, so we expect City’s interest.
But we must stay vigilant and ensure they do not hijack the transfer. Otherwise, players will find it easy to ditch us and join other clubs as well.
Rice could also hand us an advantage if he decides he wants to remain in London instead of moving to another city.
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The Citizens could provide a Chelsea on Arsenal and hijack, their move for Declan Rice in the summer.
I beg to differ, they are two different club run or operates totally unlike.
The Citizens seems to have a plan and will not be bullied into any deal, they buy only players they need and will walk away if in their estimation the price is not right even though they have unlimited cash at their disposal.
Chelsea seems to want every top targets that are available and think about blending in later
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But the Citizens have the wear it all to gate crash any party.
They can have Rice, while they give us Kalvin Phillips,
longbenark, I assume you MUST BE JOKING?!! Philips? Not in a million years! I can guarantee it!
My word 🙂
@Jon, the only reason You saying this,is because kelvin hasn’t had a run of games under Pep,
He’s got potentials
longbenark, No it is NOT the reason at all.
It is because judged at top level – and that is the level we will always seek to be- he falls well short.
Pep has also made some, albeit under the radar, poor buys, with Philips being one, but they get overlooked given his overall brilliance.
Man city will offer Philips and £75m to west ham for rice
The figure being quoted for this player is unaffordable to Arsenal. A player that is yet to achieve anything significant in football. He is not the upgrade for Xhaka that we crave. I will rather Xhaka continued in that position for another year. He is the most difficult to replace in our team currently. A box to box.
Agreed
City is already saturated.They’re only panicking because they fear Arsenal could rival them with the arrival of RICE. But they won’t be able to stop Arsenal by rushing for Rice. Arsenal will raise the bar significantly; Rice or no Rice
I can’t move for the number of articles pushing Rice at over £100 millionto Arsenal. It is clear he wants to leave West Ham. For Arsenal to think he is the missing piece in the jigsaw at this price is purely press speculation or the Rice camp promoting their asset. There are far cheaper alternatives out there already operating in the league. Good luck Chelsea, Man Utd, Man City enjoy your rice dish.