Arsenal has been told they will need to break the British transfer record to add Declan Rice to their squad in the summer.
The midfielder has entered the final 18 months of his current deal at the London side and it seems obvious he wants a step up in his career.
West Ham knows they risk missing out on a huge transfer fee if they do not sell the ex-Chelsea trainee in the summer.
Arsenal has been named as one of his main suitors and David Moyes has insisted if the midfielder leaves the Irons, it will be for a record fee.
He tells Standard Sport:
“He’ll be a British transfer record if he ever leaves West Ham.
“There’s a lot of talk about it and when you see what’s going about for the prices, I think Dec will be blowing that out of the water, that’s for sure, when it comes around.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
Rice is one of the finest midfielders in the Premier League now and the Englishman will cost a lot of money to sign.
Premier League clubs do not sell to rivals unless the player moves for a significant fee and we must be willing to splash the cash to get Rice.
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Rice’s contract will essentially have 2 years to run in the summer (they a year option) so a bit of gamble to hold out for over 100 mil when he’ll be down to a year after that.
That also assumes they actually stay up which isn’t a guarantee right now, they are 1 point clear of relegation and just 4 clear of bottom. They play Chelsea, Spurs, Forest, United, Brighton, Villa and City next. Only Forest/United are in the bottom half and Villa are 11th and on a resurgent run under Emery. Big period for them because they will find themselves under severe pressure if they fall into the relegation zone and a gap opens up during that run.
Villa* not United
We rather pay 50m+ and get Onana from Everton or we go to Spain.
Rice can stay for later… O/T – but must admit feeling a lot better today after King Kane destroyed the faltering City.
He might get it from someone with 2 years left to run, but I don’t see Arsenal paying that.
Chelsea I’m expecting to be on a transfer ban by the summer so that leaves a couple of other big spenders who may or may not see a need to strengthen their midfield.
There are probably better options for Arsenal although there’s been rumours that he’s already agreed to join, it seems to depend on his club being sensible. If they “do a Shaktar” then I’d guess we’ll probably walk away again.
We can’t afford Rice. He’s out of our league. West Ham have two years on his contract plus a further one year option on him. We would do better to buy a cheaper foreigner.
Declan Rice is just a good midfielder but the bell has rung …… we should work on getting an option than waste our time on this sick price suggested here. Rather we leave it for those in West London