Arsenal is set to step up their pursuit of Declan Rice in the coming weeks ahead of next season.
The Gunners consider him their main midfield target and are determined to add him to Mikel Arteta’s squad.
Although he has refused to extend his contract at West Ham, the Hammers remain keen to keep him in their group.
They will frustrate the effort of any club that wants to sign the former Chelsea trainee and one way to achieve this is to inflate his value.
Despite the risk of losing him as a free agent at the end of next season, the Irons still want a record fee of around £100m.
This should make Arsenal put their interest in his signature on hold, but a report on The Daily Mail reveals the Gunners are pushing on with their efforts and are confident they will get their man.
Just Arsenal Opinion
This is very likely the summer that Rice leaves West Ham, so if we do not move for him, another club will.
The midfielder is one of the best in his position in England and continues to do well.
He wants Champions League football and we are well-placed to provide that for him at the end of this season.
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I’d like to know who’s behind this absurd move that makes no financial sense. Ok, I accept we need to build a strong holding midfield but Soggy Rice is not the answer. I suspect it’s the English press and too many Gooners who don’t know which end of a football is up, not Edu or Arteta. Rice makes Partey look a model of stability in defence. Look around, there are better – and cheaper – players to be had out there. Especially in Europe.
Rory just before I go to bed – Rice has become decent in the last year or so, but we shouldn’t pay an exorbitant fee for him. No more than £60 million.
I take it you have Irish ancestry. Can you imagine the strength Ireland national teams could have had over the years if England capped players had chosen Ireland or N.Ireland. Kane, Keegan Rooney,Rice, Reaney,
Royle (I think),Maguire (don’t laugh), McManaman, actually the list could go on and on. Ireland did however manage to capture Clinton Morrison who I don’t think has any Irish in him at all. There’s an irony.
Since you are the expert, Please reveal to me which end of the football is up…
Without Rice , Arsenal will continue as also rans .
If Arsenal had paid 120 million in January for Rice , Arsenal would be winning the league now and not watching City take it again .
I think Rice would be worth having, and he could become a better player with Arsenal. To really complete next season with Champion’s League/etc Arsenal will need to sign a few top quality players like that.
Agree with Exgunner , Rice a player with one year left on his contract cannot value anything North of £60 mil, only because he’s English why these ridiculous fees touted.
But I do agree, if we had manage to capture him , he would have offered solid protection to our back four