Declan Rice

[bluesmith]

Hes undoubtedly a good signing for Arsenal, but if Partey leaves too, he improves them marginally, it might be a signing that gets them closer to us, but it adds uncertainty for a while in to there team too. As we saw with Jack its a big old weight to carry for the strongest of minds, i think Rice will be comfortable but it's still an unknown.

Id rather be us than them particularly with a a hundred mill burning a hole in our pocket And 99% of the players in the world dying to play for us.

 

[dhruvblue]

We pushed the price up so they've had to overpay

West Ham always wanted 100m£ we didn't push up anything. They would have accepted at this figure earlier too

 

[Keepingthefaithsince1976]

There are players out there who will be equal or better for the same money. We have proven it time and again with buys from South America, eastern and western Europe. I'll be happy with Gvardiol & Kovacic incoming and Doyle & Macatee shoring up the squad. Gomez probably needs a loan at a lower half premier league team.

 

[MichaelBBack]

Well this is very weird. I thought City had "limitless state funds" and "can buy anyone they want" and all the other big clubs are terribly poor and disadvantaged, struggling to keep up with us.

 

[Dribble]

Occam's Razor

So essentially guess work just like Eni then... Can't see the difference myself. :-)

 

[Paul1970]

Did I read somewhere on this post that rice could be better than Rodri or was I dreaming it ?

 

[r.soleofsalford]

Did I read somewhere on this post that rice could be better than Rodri or was I dreaming it ?

The bloke who said it was dreaming.

 

[melrose40yarder]

Tell you what, even given the English tax, Rodri must be a £180m player at these values

At least 200m

 

[urban genie]

Arse fans wanking over a midfield 3 of
rice
ødegaard havertz


Personally think defensively thats weak as piss and gonna get torn to shreds by agressively attacking teams and snuffed out by the 5 man midfield park the bus teams

the sex pest and xhaka had more muscle and resilience to go with their skills.

For me.Arseal habe got a little bit softer in the middle and will have to emulate us posession wise every game or be walked through

 

[mrtwiceaseason]

Needs to given a chance around the first team and then judged as opposed to what we have seen around a city mix and match B team ,we have set the bar ridiculously low with Phillips he's got to be better than that and will definitely play with a bit of passion if nothing else