Read in to it what we want. City placed a marker down for Rice last week after our England lads got to also speak to him.
We asked Sullivan to update us when Arsenal improved their bid and we told them a bid was coming in before lunchtime yesterday.
Sullivan does not want to sell to Arsenal and West Ham are convinced City already know Rice's mind.
No reason not to be confident or feel City being played for suckers.
We wanted Sanchez, we got Sergio.
We wanted Kounde, we got Ruben.
We wanted Bellingham, we will get Rice or another top option.