I'm not too worried just yet. City have the money but have a tendency to walk away when their transfer targets are over priced and I'm guessing West Ham will play hard ball a little bit, which will only chase away buyers when you are demanding 100m for a player on their last year of contract.

I expect City to be as stingy with their offer as we were, and then back out after West Ham demand even more money.

[–] Panzer517 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Believe rice has two years left but turned down a new contract.

[–] Gingerrific 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

His contract runs until 2024 with a club option for another year.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Gingerrific @Panzer517 maybe timber can play dm

[–] Gingerrific 1 points 1 year ago

I haven't watched him play, and I'm clueless as to his capabilities.

[–] lemon_meringue_tie 3 points 1 year ago

This will be a massive egg on the face of our recruitment team if they can't land Rice. After what happened with Mudryk, I hope they have learned their lesson.

[–] WillfulBedder 3 points 1 year ago

What will be, will be. It's really annoying of course, especially with Mudryk memories still fresh, but we can't get into a crazy bidding war. All that matters is if Rice wants us.