Arsenal submitted the first bid for Rice earlier this week but West Ham quickly rejected the ‘unimpressive’ offer, which was reportedly worth around £80m and included a number of clauses. Rice has played 245 games for West Ham since breaking into the first-team during the 2016-17 season and been capped 41 times by England. Mikel Arteta hopes to welcome Rice to Arsenal (Picture: Getty)Last week, West Ham chairman David Sullivan said he was ’99 per cent’ sure that Rice would leave during the summer transfer window. Arsenal season-ticket holder Sir Keir Starmer certainly hopes Rice ends up in north London, naming the Hammers captain as his dream summer signing. ‘Declan Rice is the one I would really like to see come in,’ the Labour leader told Football London.

Source: Metro June 16, 2023 07:44 UTC