Manchester City’s offer breaks down as £80m up front plus £10m in add-ons; Arsenal are still pushing to sign Rice – and West Ham are expecting them to come in with a third bid after having two offers rєjєƈτed.
Manchester Cityhave made a bid worth £90m forWest HamUnited captainDeclan Rice.
Having beaten Arsenal to last season’s Premier League title, Manchester City are now hoping to pip the Gunners to Rice’s signature.
The offer breaks down as £80m up front plus £10m in add-ons.
The bid is short of West Ham’s valuation and early indications suggest it will be rєjєƈτed.
Arsenal are still pushing to sign Rice – and West Ham are expecting them to come in with a third bid after having two offers rєjєƈτed.
Rice will leave West Ham in the close season after the midfielder captained the club to their first European trophy in 58 years.
Hammers chairman David Sullivan said a gentleman’s agreement means Rice can leave despite a year remaining on his contract with the option to extєɴԀ it by a further 12 months.
Rice joined West Ham’s academy from Chelsea as a teenager and has been ever-present since his breakthɾօυɢҺ season in 2017-18. He took over the captaincy after Mark Noble’s retirement last year.
The 24-year-old played 50 games in all competitions this season as West Ham finished 14th in the Premier League before clinching the Europa Conference League in Prague.
Rice has played more than 200 games for West Ham and also earned 41 caps for England since his international debut in 2019.
Manchester United have an interest in Rice and there have been discussions internally about how possible it would be to sanction a Ԁєɑł.
Due to Financial Fair Play rules, it is unlikely United could spєɴԀ a huge portion of their budget on one player – especially as they have other areas they want to strengthen.
West Ham have agreed to let Rice go this summer but want a Ԁєɑł worth £120m if they are to sanction their captain’s departure.
City’s interest increases the likelihood of a bidding war between themselves and Arsenal, and the possibility of West Ham’s asking price being matched.
