West Ham reject Man City £90m bid for Rice
As Man city had submitted bid for West Ham captain, West Ham reject Man City £90m bid for Rice for the third time. Man City offer was thought to have included a £80m initial payment but it is not upto the level where West Ham was expecting. They were surely demanding more than £100m. Man city’s second bid was rejected by West Ham on the mid of this month.
On the other hand, they are waiting for Arsenal’s third bid for the Midfielder. Arsenal second proposal of an initial £75m in four payments, plus £15m in add-ons was turned down by West Ham last week.
Declan Rice’s contract with West Ham expires in 2024, although it has the option for a one year extension until next summer 2025.
After the Europa conference league finals victory over Firoentina on the starting of the month, the club chairman David Sullivan said he was sure that Delcan Rice would leave West Ham this Summer.
Although Man City has signed up Chelsea’s Mateo Kovacic in a £25m deal, they are planning to back-up the loss of Ilkay Gundagon who moved to Barcelona on free transfer.
City manager Pep Guardiola is keen to coverup his midfield options, with Rice will be the perfect candidate.
Rice will leave West Ham after the end of this season after the midfielder captained the club to their first European trophy in 58 years.
West Ham chairman David Sullivan said a gentleman’s agreement means Rice can leave despite a year remaining on his contract with the option to extend for further 12 months.
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 deal. Man City had signed Mateo Kovacic from Chelsea for £30m.
Due to Financial Fair Play rules, it is unlikely United could spend 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 deal worth £120m if they are to sanction their captain’s departure. West ham had won over Fiorentina with 2-1 on the Europa Conference league at Prague.
Declan Rice career over the League
Declan Rice has played 245 games and scored 15 goals for West Ham, having made his debut in the 2016-17 season after coming through the academy.
He represented the Republic of Ireland three times before switching his international allegiance to England, for whom he has been capped 41 times, playing in all five matches at the World Cup last year.
Declan Rice is a West Ham United midfielder who has played in the vast majority of the club’s Premier League matches in 2022/2023, making 37 appearances overall and accumulating 3,272 minutes of playing time. He has started in 36 of these appearances across their 38 fixtures and entered as a substitute on one occasion.
The last Premier League match that Rice played came on May 28 for West Ham United versus Leicester City; a meeting that he played 90 minutes in during a 2-1 defeat. In total, the midfielder has netted four Premier League goals in 2022/2023, and provided two assists. He has amassed five yellow cards.
Rice was last on target in the league in the 3-1 win against Leeds United on May 21, netting in the 32nd minute. He opened his account for the campaign against Southampton on October 16, scoring during a 1-1 draw.
Last season for West Ham United, Rice made 36 Premier League appearances, scored one goal and provided four assists.
The midfielder debuted in a Premier League fixture for West Ham United on May 21, 2017 as a substitute versus Burnley aged 18 years and 127 days. In his Premier League career overall, he has appeared 204 times in the competition, with 10 goals scored and 10 assists.
