Declan Rice

[waspish]

It'll be interesting to see what City do next. Got a feeling that we will walk away at that price, but guess we'll find out one way or the other today. Quite relaxed about the whole situation though, and am sure we'll have someone else in mind if Rice doesn't happen.

It’s 15m more than our 1st offer can’t see us walking after one bid it be a bit lame and not serious bid if we bid once then pull out! Think we will bid again! Just match arsenal’s but pay it over 2 years! I feel Arsenal now are at there limit…

 

[Tb1981]

It'll be interesting to see what City do next. Got a feeling that we will walk away at that price, but guess we'll find out one way or the other today. Quite relaxed about the whole situation though, and am sure we'll have someone else in mind if Rice doesn't happen.

Harry Kane?

 

[richards30]

I say we just say fuck this
Drop £100m plus £20m add ons
Or a 90m plus Phillips type deal
Arsenals heads would go big time
If they beat that for play

I think we would come across as abit weak for not at least matching their bid with better payment terms mate? We would have known for a fact they would reject our first bid but some think it was a one time bid?

 

[Tugay One Cup]

It'll be interesting to see what City do next. Got a feeling that we will walk away at that price, but guess we'll find out one way or the other today. Quite relaxed about the whole situation though, and am sure we'll have someone else in mind if Rice doesn't happen.

Feel the same. Leaning towards outbidding them just for the laughs but I'm not bothered either way.

The only thing I don't want us to do is the classic "oh well, we'll fill that position next summer." But we won't be that daft, surely?

 

[Bernard20]

Arsenal would have more chance of winning the league if they offered levy 100m for Kane

Doubt it - they’ve be the same team, just one that bid and failed for Kane.

 

[waspish]

It is time to walk away... 105 is just bonkers. For that fee you can get one and a half top level player.

105m paying it over 4 seasons is not bonkers we could pay that and a lot more if it was over that many years! It’s a fake bid for me! Gets the headlines though and why West Ham told them no!

 

[skillman]

I suspect we’ll brief today if we decide to walk away. Like we have done in the past.

But I think/hope we don’t personally.

 

[HelloCity]

Except that that isn't how it happened but hey ho.

Christ mate.

Think you’ve corrected me with incorrect stadium info about 8 times. Now in here too? ;)

 

[blueparrot]

Think if this gets accepted, we'd match IF Rice asked us to and we knew he'd choose us. We wouldn't match it without assurances.

 

[OB1]

Stances do change.

If anything, waiting means the market will dictate even more a higher price in the months and seasons to come.

Especially so, as we have now telegraphed we want Rice/midfielder of his type.

Haaland was an opportunity because of his release clause, otherwise we have to find £200m last summer, more than Kane would have cost us.

The overriding sense is Pep wants Rice and coming off the back of last season, we should deliver for him.

All these other names being suggested, unless it's FDJ, the rest are shit l, unproven, or likely to miss home and their momma.

Love that line. Very good.

 

[foggy1974]

I think there's quite a few of us that owe Eni an apology.

Why,
just because Arsenal have panicked doesn't mean she wasn't talking bollox

 

[Blue and true]

We'll know by close of play today where he's going. If we don't want to commit I imagine we'll brief our trusted sources.

What I will say is, I'll be disappointed if this has just been a case of us playing silly beggars to up the price for Arsenal; it's not a style we've deployed in the past and I don't want us to start now. Conversely, if Pep does want him then that will be his second choice he's missed out on, publically no less. We should have the wherewithal to back him given the season we've just had. Gvardiol is a must now.

 

[Sir peace frog]

I really don't feel we're genuinely in for him, and instead there to jack the price up for the eventual buyer.

Despite our rotation policy, he and Rodri just don't go into one position for me.

what about rice going into the john stones position ? you know a midfielder in a midfield position instead of a cb that did an excellent job, john stones did a brilliant job in that position ,imagine what a proper midfielder would do, as for we arent genuinely in for him,is that some sort of security blanket to save people if he goes to arsenal ? some fucking idiot said it on talksport and a few more looneys are using it as a get out to the people who might take the piss that arsenal have " got one over us"


anyone who says we arent genuinely in for him after making a 90,000,000m offer plus add ons are just covering their back for whatever reason.

 

[PJM1891]

Feel the same. Leaning towards outbidding them just for the laughs but I'm not bothered either way.

The only thing I don't want us to do is the classic "oh well, we'll fill that position next summer." But we won't be that daft, surely?

With the way transfers are going what's not to say that the player next summer also isn't 100+m what then? Walk away again. If this is the way prices are heading and everybody always want's to walk away when it hits 100m then top players is something we can forget.

 

[BlueRockape]

So Rice is going to go to the highest bidder.
Does he not have a say in the matter ?

 

[Chopper2115]

I say we just say fuck this
Drop £100m plus £20m add ons
Or a 90m plus Phillips type deal
Arsenals heads would go big time
If they beat that for play

Phillips goes on a separate deal

 

[alexmcity]

We are likely to bid. Guess we knew from the start that only 100m+ would do it. We know we have to pay English tax. It's vital for the club to have top English players.

 

[ancoats]

£105million is being touted now so are Arsenal in that sort of league to pay them sort of money for one player that really is not in the world-class bracket that sits at the top league with the rest,

Don't get me wrong Rice is a very good player in his role, but are we saying he's up there with the rodri's of this world,
I would price Rodri at them sorts of figures being splashed around for Rice, City need to walk away and look elsewhere

 

[mancboy]

its not vital to have english players but it helps and if its an english thing he just needs to look at walker, foden, stones, heck even sterling looked a different player when at us or he can look at saka and his hat trick against north macedonia and decide

 

[malg]

Can we stop with this nonsense about City just bidding so Arsenal have to pay more. It's just silly.