Declan Rice

[richards30]

Think we've got him!!

new bid gone in????

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Think we've got him!!

Oh boy. Please say more!

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Oh boy. Please say more!

We know he wants to come!

Unless Arsenal try to bluff it out now and go above £100m, we should be able to get it sorted before weekend is done :)

Arsenal now know Rice's position.

They have been utilising a PR company for months trying to drip feed how he only wanted them.

 

[alexmcity]

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?

Some seem to conflate our reluctance to overpay for players with reluctance to enter bidding wars. Two different things. We didn't want to overpay for Maguire, Fred, Sanchez, that's why we didn't get into a bidding war for any of them.

But, who knows, we may be ready to (slightly) overpay for Rice.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Fuck you man, I'm in the middle of trying to sort my life out.

Mine’s already beyond repair, I’m just gonna roll with this one

 

[richards30]

We know he wants to come!

Not quite what i hoped you`d say mate! lol

 

[meeesh]

Hahahahaha -as Romano would say here we go

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Not quite what i hoped you`d say mate! lol

It's the only stumbling block, you'd imagine. The price won't be an issue.

 

[wolviedinho]

Fuck you man, I'm in the middle of trying to sort my life out.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Sounds like Sullivan also expects City to get it done:)

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Hahaha, that's actually not far off.

 

[Blue warrior]

Haha

 

[splinter]

Dancing cats and ill believe

 

[richards30]

Sounds like Sullivan also expects City to get it done:)

is he not the yes man anyway though?

 

[Lemon7277]

Maybe be being cynical...But I'm pretty sure this is our way of saying to the pearly queened gunner wankers...ya play with fire and ya get burnt to the ground..

HEADED NOTE PAPER...TUT TUT TUT

1-0 CITY

ONTO THE NEXT ON THE LIST

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Not quite what i hoped you`d say mate! lol

Well… what it means, if true, is that if City are comfortable with the money West Ham want, then it’s effectively over, done. It would just mean we have to go through the 1-2 weeks of performance for the West Ham fans, maybe a couple of rejected bids then an accepted offer.

 

[Dirty Harry]

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.

Agreed, it was interesting reading Gundogan’s farewell message yesterday, quite obvious reading between the lines there’s certain personality traits we like in a player, ones that Rice seems to have in abundance.
It also told me, we’re never going to sign anyone like Mbappe, Ronaldo me me me types, not whilst Pep’s here anyway.

 

[Gremlin]

So how long before this forum is flooded with "walk away City, hes not worth it"? I''ll go with around 4pm.

There's been plenty on here saying that for the last couple of weeks.

 

[Blue Smarties]

Sounds like Sullivan also expects City to get it done:)

Get the feeling he’ll say anything to keep the headlines? I don’t trust him.

 

[BlueDejong]

Go get..