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[cont] Man City also checked player’s side β€” understand Rice is open to any move so deal depends on the clubs now.

Arsenal, planning to bid again since last week. βšͺοΈπŸ”΄ #AFC

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[–] poorlydrawnarsenal 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think Arseblog makes a really good point here.

West Ham were surely always going to delay until City came in – plus they made the rejections public immediately.

This was probably inevitable and in the best interest of West Ham to have a bidding war start.

[–] MHPengwingz 4 points 1 year ago

Can Josh just dump a whole truck of money in front of them and be done with it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Shit. This Rice transfer has taken a bad turn.

[–] Gingerrific 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 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.

[–] Matt_Sams_314 1 points 1 year ago

Boo, stop buying sport

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

Why do I feel like this is bullshit?

[–] sensiblepuffin 1 points 1 year ago

Because West Ham are desperate for anyone else to challenge us on Rice.