England midfielder Declan Rice has accepted he will be staying at West Ham this season after their £90million transfer valuation blocked a move to a Champions League club. He will also continue to skipper the team whenever club captain Mark Noble is not involved. Rice is set to spark a transfer scramble next summer with Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea having been linked with himAt that point, City could lose Fernandinho and United will look to strengthen with Nemanja Matic already in his 30s. N’Golo Kante, 30, will also be entering the last 12 months of his contract at Chelsea in the summer of 2022. Rice has never hidden his ambitions, saying: ‘When you start out in football you always want to play at the top.

Source: Daily Mail August 07, 2021 21:22 UTC