Declan Rice

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Not seen anything from Jack Gaughn or Martin Blackburn on Kovacic or Rice which is unusual for City journos.
 
houraisen said:


I don't think West Ham can accept this.
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Assuming the add-ons are terms such as us winning trophies, £90m over two installments seems fair. Certainly not insulting and better than Arsenal's bids offering payments over a number of years and unrealistic add-ons relying on them winning trophies. Best bid WHU have received so far, the player will want it and relations between the two clubs are good as far as I'm aware. There'll probably be some back and forth to tweak it in WHU's favour but it doesn't seem it would be miles off as an opening bid. Certainly signifies serious intent.
 
LOVE this if we get it over the line. City his first choice.

Wonder what happens with Phillips. Is there an agreement between both clubs and fee set for both?!
 

Farewell Declan Rice - Page 917 - Knees up Mother Brown Forum:

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Safe to say that the Hammers would slightly prefer Declan to come to City than Arsenal….

I like this one…

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To see Arsenal 'Fans' implode would be glorious.

f*** off, Dec, go and win stuff. City ain't our rivals but Arsenal are. Choose wisely - as if you choose Arsenal over City, you'll leave a bitter taste in the mouths of many of those fans you professed to love just two short weeks ago - and those fans won't be as welcoming if you rock up in an Arsenal kit next season, as they will if you rock up in a Man City kit.

It's not just about you're future, it's how your past as a 'Hammer' (albeit a bit of a plastic one tbh) will be seen”
 
BringBackSwales said:
And some shite ones. As I said their last 5 years net transfer spend is more than double ours. We have spent miles better
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There was a time not long ago that our last 5 years net spend eclipsed every other club in England. We're in a different phase now though. Arsenal are still in the phase of building a squad with 2 players for most positions.
 
BringBackSwales said:
Have a look at your net spend v ours over the last 5 years. You spent more than double what we did, you just didn’t spend it very well
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We've spent well the past 2 or 3 years, we've just not sold well because the players from the era before that were too old or not good enough. Without looking into it, I'd assume Gross Spend would be similar, but you have sold way better than us?

My point was I've seen this game before, only in January with Chelsea. We try to get the best deal possible for us with several installments and add-ons and then a City or a Chelsea come in and offer what the selling club is actually looking for.
 
M18CTID said:
There was a time not long ago that our last 5 years net spend eclipsed every other club in England. We're in a different phase now though. Arsenal are still in the phase of building a squad with 2 players for most positions.
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Not a chance. When we spent big (a) it wasn’t on the back of decades of continuous CL football, we had a lot more catch up needed (b) we were buying players like Yaya and David for £24m each, Sergio for £38m, not Pepe, White, Aubameyang and Lacazette for £240m
 
not my fault! said:
I don’t think it’ll be a bidding war, we may offer the same as you but it’ll be a bigger upfront payment and better instalments I think.
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Indeed, but if we match it, you can just up it again most likely. Like I said, we don't win these transfers up against the likes of yourself and Chelsea.
 
BringBackSwales said:
Not a chance. When we spent big (a) it wasn’t on the back of decades of continuous CL football, we had a lot more catch up needed (b) we were buying players like Yaya and David for £24m each, Sergio for £38m, not Pepe, White, Aubameyang and Lacazette for £240m
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How about Pep's first few seasons here? Have you forgotten all those £50m+ signings?
 
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I’m not sure my spleen will survive City wrestling Rice away from us because we once again preferred pointless penny-pinching to getting crucial business done.



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Manchester City expected to submit an offer to West Ham for Declan Rice today. #MCFC have serious interest in recruiting 24yo England midfielder + it is anticipated a formal bid will be lodged soon to rival Arsenal for signing @TheAthleticFC #WHUFC #AFC https://theathletic.com/4631117/2023/06/22/declan-rice-transfer-arsenal-manchester-city/…
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Cobwebcat said:

Farewell Declan Rice - Page 917 - Knees up Mother Brown Forum:

www.kumb.com www.kumb.com

Safe to say that the Hammers would slightly prefer Declan to come to City than Arsenal….

I like this one…

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To see Arsenal 'Fans' implode would be glorious.

f*** off, Dec, go and win stuff. City ain't our rivals but Arsenal are. Choose wisely - as if you choose Arsenal over City, you'll leave a bitter taste in the mouths of many of those fans you professed to love just two short weeks ago - and those fans won't be as welcoming if you rock up in an Arsenal kit next season, as they will if you rock up in a Man City kit.

It's not just about you're future, it's how your past as a 'Hammer' (albeit a bit of a plastic one tbh) will be seen”
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haha

I like this one from there;

Re: Declan Rice​

Post by S-H » Thu Jun 22, 2023 11:23 am

Arsenal vs Man City for Rice, is like a drag race between a Renault Clio (with a significant head start) and an F1 car..

Just like last season's title race I suppose..

:D
 
M18CTID said:
Let's not kid ourselves here - Arsenal have made some excellent signings over the past few years
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Odegard and Saliba yes. Arteta tapped up a couple of City players. I reckon Arteta has a better idea of a player type to sign. Not sure they are as progressive as City in their recruitment. There’s still a Aubameyang, Lacazette, Ozil, Pepe hangover for me before you lose the spent money poorly moniker.
 
GunnerGer said:
Indeed, but if we match it, you can just up it again most likely. Like I said, we don't win these transfers up against the likes of yourself and Chelsea.
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We could but we do t usually do that. You’ve played your hand, we have said we’ll match it but on better terms. If you up it again say £10m we may match it again but would walk away after that. We are not daft, we set a value in our heads and stick to it, we have walked away many times in the past and I’m convinced we would do again here.
It’ll come down to two factors, a) which package West Ham prefer? b) does Rice want City or Arsenal? I suspect a) is and always will be City’s as we’ll pay it all at once if we needed too and wanted him enough, b) I suspect will be about wages and probably the chances of winning trophies regularly over the term of his contract, again you’d think that’d be with City.
 
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