West Ham is reportedly planning for life without Declan Rice as Arsenal looks to add the midfielder to their squad.
The Englishman is one of the best men for the job in his position in the country and most top clubs want him.
Rice wants to play in the Champions League and has turned down offers from the Hammers to extend his deal with them.
A report in the Daily Mail reveals the Hammers now know he is leaving and they are already planning their future without Rice in the picture.
Arsenal has now been given the needed boost and the midfielder seems prepared for the move.
Although Manchester City and Liverpool want a new man in midfield, Rice would prefer to stay in London.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Rice has been one of the finest midfielders in the Premier League in the last few seasons and we expect him to do an amazing job if he moves to the Emirates.
However, we must work hard to seal the deal and never feel too confident in what we can achieve.
If we win the league, it will be much easier for him to choose to move to the Emirates. Who wouldn’t?
I hold little doubt Rice wants to come to us and that we also will TRY to get him.
But trying and succeeding are very different matters.
Cost will,IMO, prevent him coming here. I much hope to be proved wrong though.
If we are talking about upwards of £60 million I think we should walk away as he’s not worth it, imho.
£120million minimum for the best young midfielder in Europe. All of Chelsea, Arsenal,Man utd,Liverpool and Man city will be bidding against each other.
Not at that ridiculous price they won’t be!
Absolute cloud cuckoo land.
With one year left on his contract, good sense must prevail in the end.
It is going to be extremely difficult for David Moise to extort more than £70 mil for the England International.