West Ham hopes to make as much money as possible from the departure of Declan Rice at the end of this season.
The midfielder has been linked with a move to Arsenal, with the Gunners hoping he would become their next midfield maestro.
Mikel Arteta is confident Rice will move to the Emirates, but Arsenal is not the only side chasing his signature at the moment.
All the top Premier League clubs have an interest in him, including Manchester United and the Hammers now expect the Red Devils to hijack Arsenal’s move for the Englishman, The Sun reports.
Almost all the top English clubs are targeting Rice and West Ham wants to make the most money from his departure, so the more suitors they have, the better it is for them.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Rice is one of the country’s finest players, and we must be prepared to face serious competition before adding him to our squad.
United is also rebuilding their squad and has the money to add him to their group when the term ends.
If we do not take our interest seriously, they could easily move ahead of us and add the England international to their dressing room.
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I agree and it is as many on here have said too. Rice IS a real TOP quality pklayr . And he will get better still playing with other top players wherever he goes.
No disrespect to West Ham but they are beneath his level by a long way.
So yes, who would not WANT Rice!! But wanting and being able,or rather being WILLING, to afford his fee are different matters. SADLY BUT REALISTICALLY!
The fee for Rice is already overpriced for someone in their final year. I hope we avoid a bidding war, as we can add 2 quality players to our squad for the rumored fee for Rice.
Yes that’s exactly what West Ham is hoping for a bidding war to get started.
Rice has done nothing this campaign to warrant that hefty price tag of over one hundred million and depends on who you listen to could be up as high as £120 mil.
But who sets these price tags on a player and in particular British players?
In my opinion its the British Media, they comes up with this ridiculous cost and that in turns gives club owners a idea of making lots of money, this sort of shenanigans is right up the agents street.
Quite often than not players are link with clubs who have no idea or intrest in such a player.
It’s typical that English players at the top of their game are just way over priced. Been here before. I can guarantee you Arsenal will not spent anything near £100m on a player. Getting into a bidding war will see that £100m for Rice will rise and probably will make him the most expensive English player to be sold this summer. I don’t blame West Ham. Anyone would do the same thing and get as much money as possible. Unfortunately, we’re just not the kind of club to spend that much on one player. May as well look elsewhere or at least start looking at other options. Which i’m sure we already are..