Declan Rice

[bluesmith]

Hes undoubtedly a good signing for Arsenal, but if Partey leaves too, he improves them marginally, it might be a signing that gets them closer to us, but it adds uncertainty for a while in to there team too. As we saw with Jack its a big old weight to carry for the strongest of minds, i think Rice will be comfortable but it's still an unknown.

Id rather be us than them particularly with a a hundred mill burning a hole in our pocket And 99% of the players in the world dying to play for us.

 

[dhruvblue]

We pushed the price up so they've had to overpay

West Ham always wanted 100m£ we didn't push up anything. They would have accepted at this figure earlier too

 

[Keepingthefaithsince1976]

There are players out there who will be equal or better for the same money. We have proven it time and again with buys from South America, eastern and western Europe. I'll be happy with Gvardiol & Kovacic incoming and Doyle & Macatee shoring up the squad. Gomez probably needs a loan at a lower half premier league team.

 

[MichaelBBack]

Well this is very weird. I thought City had "limitless state funds" and "can buy anyone they want" and all the other big clubs are terribly poor and disadvantaged, struggling to keep up with us.

 

[Dribble]

Occam's Razor

So essentially guess work just like Eni then... Can't see the difference myself. :-)

 

[Paul1970]

Did I read somewhere on this post that rice could be better than Rodri or was I dreaming it ?

 

[r.soleofsalford]

Did I read somewhere on this post that rice could be better than Rodri or was I dreaming it ?

The bloke who said it was dreaming.

 

[melrose40yarder]

Tell you what, even given the English tax, Rodri must be a £180m player at these values

At least 200m

 

[urban genie]

Arse fans wanking over a midfield 3 of
rice
ødegaard havertz


Personally think defensively thats weak as piss and gonna get torn to shreds by agressively attacking teams and snuffed out by the 5 man midfield park the bus teams

the sex pest and xhaka had more muscle and resilience to go with their skills.

For me.Arseal habe got a little bit softer in the middle and will have to emulate us posession wise every game or be walked through

 

[mrtwiceaseason]

Needs to given a chance around the first team and then judged as opposed to what we have seen around a city mix and match B team ,we have set the bar ridiculously low with Phillips he's got to be better than that and will definitely play with a bit of passion if nothing else

 

[Blue and true]

Not good enough.

 

[eyalluvitt]

I can’t wait to next season. Every Arsenal game will be talking about the million five pound man, most expensive player, etc. Every pass he completes will be magical and worth every penny.

I wonder if we really did want him or it was just a tactic to drive the price up.

It will ‘Arsenals record signing Rice‘ v ‘100m flop Grealish‘

 

[Goats left knee]

We bid 90m if Rice really wants to play for us and Pep he would reject the move and then West ham would make a deal with us

 

[Man-chester copperpot]

Will he be refered to as “£105m Rice” with every touch he has?
Fuck him, we’ll tear him and his shite midfield apart again.
C*nt will be on his arse with his arms in the air when Kovacic sticks in our 4th goal

 

[Theo555]

We bid 90m if Rice really wants to play for us and Pep he would reject the move and then West ham would make a deal with us

Nurse...I've got one

 

[elbearos]

Nurse...I've got one

Two

 

[Any1aBlue]

Needs to given a chance around the first team and then judged as opposed to what we have seen around a city mix and match B team ,we have set the bar ridiculously low with Phillips he's got to be better than that and will definitely play with a bit of passion if nothing else

NEEDS?! ‘Passion If nothing else’ - Omg. We are the best team/club in the world, we’ve moved on from that sort of desperation X15yrs ago..

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Is this over/finished again?
Last evening it was over at about 6pm .
Then there was a slight glimmer of hope about 10pm
Now where are we?

 

[clarion]

Never a 100mil player.

 

[richards30]

Arsenal will get an extra year now to pay imo now there is no competition