Declan Rice

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Gumzy97 said:
Barella not leaving Italy he's rejected every proposal so far.

Kimmich is locked in at Bayern

De Jong is on massive wages

Plus Pep wants Rice, so we go for Rice. Grealish went for 100 million so of course they going to ask for that.
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Exactly! The club will know that as well imo
 
alexmcity said:
What would Arsenal do? They may wait for our 2nd bid and try to match it. That may be their best strategy.

But, at the same time, if they are too patient and willing to play a long game, they may lose out both on Rice and other targets. So, they'll bid within the next 6-7 days. Think the deal will be decided within 10 days. W Ham will have to find a replacement too, they don't have the whole summer to negotiate either.
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Anyone who wants him knows it's £100m - it's not like West Ham have been quiet on this. Arsenal and City need to up their game if they're genuinely interested.
 
Both clubs should just walk away and go in for him again next season at a vastly lower fee. If he's smart he'll wait an extra year to make sure he gets whichever club he really wants. If he's not, he'll do what Sanchez did and throw his toys out the pram to just ensure he gets a move somewhere.
 
waspish said:
It’s at the West Ham end having public benefits them!
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Yea but now teams will know they have money to burn once they go looking to buy. The peacocking in the media will do them no favours. Get on the blower to Phillips and agree a fee with city otherwise they will get fleeced soon enough. Grandstanding nonsense.
 
malg said:
If we'd have gone in with £100m and they said no, then I'd agree, but we haven't. I'm sure West Ham fans will say it's City that are playing games here.
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sorry if I'm not being clear. What I mean is

1/ You always have to start below where you're willing so as to anchor the conversation (£80m)
2/ Then they always have to reject the first bid to look strong.

So if we start at £100m they'd be obliged to reject it and we'd have to go higher.

Some will say it's smart negotiation but I just think they're all successful in business and they know how it works, so it's a load of peacocking and messing about. I have to do it sometimes in work and I roll my eyes. We all know where this is going.
 
Hope we’re serious and don’t back out now. Bidding shows Pep wants him, so we need to beat a rival to his signature and not look smalltime over another few million if Arse bid more.

We‘ve lost Gundo, and Rice is better than Kovacic and Phillips, we need to be getting this deal done. Fuck Arsenal.
 
If Rice has decided he next move then I can’t see a 3rd Arsenal bid. Surly they would want assurance’s he wants the London club. Otherwise it looks desperate from the runners up.

City are in no rush here. Arsenal will move on now to another player. Say they tried.
 
MarsLlama said:
Both clubs should just walk away and go in for him again next season at a vastly lower fee. If he's smart he'll wait an extra year to make sure he gets whichever club he really wants. If he's not, he'll do what Sanchez did and throw his toys out the pram to just ensure he gets a move somewhere.
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Why would staying an extra year at West Ham, when he’s in his prime and has opportunities to leave now, make him smart?
 
malg said:
Anyone who wants him knows it's £100m - it's not like West Ham have been quiet on this. Arsenal and City need to up their game if they're genuinely interested.
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A 100m deal may be structured in many ways, some attractive for W Ham, others much less so. It's fairly naive to think it's only about reaching the magic number of 100m.
 
Whatever the price our management are happy to pay for him, that's good with me. They generally make the correct decisions.

People moaned about what we paid for Jack but ultimately he played a pivotal role on and off the pitch in us doing the treble (just look at how Gundo singled him out for praise in his leaving letter). He may have cost 100m but the rewards of winning that treble, the impact on the changing room and the media clicks he gets the club, it was money well spent.

Rice is a top quality proven PL player with a fantastic attitude on and off the pitch, who Pep and Co obviously see qualities in that they know will enable him to fit into our style. That's enough for me.
 
DMA's said:
I think city will walk away. The tone of that tweet from ornstein won’t go down well with city (clearly come straight from West Ham) and I doubt we will get involved in a bidding war.
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City aren’t doing the deal through Ornstein though. I’m sure they have their own communication direct with West Ham, which may or may not have involved that same tone. What they say to Ornstein might not be what they say to City. The Ornstein tweets are for the fans, not for the clubs. Also, how can you doubt we’d get into a bidding war when that’s exactly what we’ve chosen to do?
 
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