Declan Rice

[BlueRockape]

Well he seriously lacks ambition then.

I think he dose.
IF he wanted us he would or should have stated so he didn't when we we bid at 90mill

 

[Ajm1985]

Hopefully the club get Gvardiol sorted quickly and can then discuss with Pep what he wants to do with the midfield.

Re Bernardo, I think we should look at getting his replacement identified and in early, so we aren't in a tough spot later down the line. Even from a squad size perspective we could do it. Perrone, Palmer look to be off on loan, Gvardiol=Laporte's replacement, if Walker goes we aren't replacing him and Cancelo won't be at the club. With Pep going in 2 years, and our success last year,bnow is a good time to refresh and increase the squad.

 

[Saddleworth2]

I said last night we should pull out at that price and glad we have. Rice is not a £100m footballer and whilst he would have strengthened the squad would not have improved our team. Let Arsenal fans get giddy (again). We know it always ends in tears.

 

[RayCTID]

Don't need an extra midifielder. Just got to start trusing Kalvin Phillips (providing he is in shape) and we will have Bernardo Silva for one more sesason.We may have plans for James McAtee too.

 

[adr2.8i]

I like Rice, maybe not for £100mil mind, but hes good, and with better players around him, he will be shine. good signing for the Arse, and would have been a good one for us. Think we need to get Gvardiol done as we could do with another leftie at the back, i think pulling out at £100m and getting Gvardiol is more important at the moment. im sure Pep and co will have someone else lined up in midfield

 

[Dribble]

Chances of anything being breaking news on here are very very slim nowadays.

Agreed, hence why I never claimed my post was breaking news... \0/

If I had time to elaborate (I'm now on my lunch break), I'd have pointed out a couple of posts I made late last week...

1. Something seemed off with this transfer, as all the noises were coming from WHU & Arsenal with zip from City, so this seemed to have echoes of Bellingham about it.

2. I can't recall City being involved in any public auctions. We have our valuations & the players we tend to acquire ONLY want City, hence why we get the calibre of player we get, who are certain what they want, & back it up with a principled attitude toward coming to the Etihad.

3. I also floated the possibility that City might have an interest in Rice at our valuation, but our interest could possibly be about driving up the purchase price for Arsenal. Their initial £70m bid now stands at £105m because of City's ONE matching bid. Mission accomplished by Txiki?

4. Our initial bid matching Arsenal's offer was a bit weird. Unless we knew Rice only wanted City, why bid the same as Arsenal when we knew their £90m offer had just been rejected?

5. If we'd bid again topping Arsenal's £105m offer, we could possibly have had our bluff called & ended up paying £20m more than our valuation for Rice.

6. The only people who TRULY know what's happening with Rice are WHU, Rice, Arsenal & City. It's why I always take ITK info with a pinch of salt.

7. My initial "Well well well" post reflected all the above, not because I'm ITK, but because this transfer never seemed right, albeit I'm a big fan of Rice (the player, not Pilau or Uncle Ben's, but I must admit I'm partial to a plate of Basmati).

8. Several posters reported it was ALWAYS Rice to Arsenal & there was little real interest from City? Are they ITK? Lucky? Or did they just connect the dots & make an informed, & ultimately correct calculation based on the evidence in front of them? \0/

Many of those who were resolute in their claims that Rice wasn't coming here were run down & cursed off with derisory comments about their info. Are they now due apologies from those who dismissed their info as total shite?

Rice's transfer/non-transfer is just part of the annual Summer Transfer Window merry-go-round, & personally I take little notice of the speculation & only see it as a bit of fun to fill in the days until the new season commences.

Until I see the player sat next to Txiki with a biro in one hand & City shirt in the other, I pay little more than cursory interest. I learned my lesson with the Isco Disco! :-)



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[LongsightM13]

If nothing else this has just put the price West Ham will have to pay for Kalvin up £10m or so, so all good

 

[Chiefmcfc]

@tolmie's hairdoo do you know anything about this?

Also credit to yeah and thanks for keeping us informed on Basmati and the Zidane lover. You were bang on our intent to sign them.

 

[Ithryn Luin]

How many of those did we bid for?

All of them! Anyhow, I was correct! Move on!

 

[woody1968]

If Arsenal get Rice for £105m will we hear the phrase “splashing the cash” or will they be investing, building, supporting Arteta …and it’s only us who “splash the cash”?