Arsenal are expected to make a bid of more than £90million for Declan Rice football.london understands. The England international has been the priority target for the Gunners this summer and the club are moving to secure the midfielder early in the window.
The move represents many aspects of Arsenal’s evolution as a club who since 2019 have been unwilling to break their record-setting move for Nicolas Pepe which cost the club, painfully in retrospect, £72million. The closest deal being Ben White’s £50million transfer in 2021, still more than £20million off their record.
Despite this and the absence of Pepe from their push to become title challengers, Arsenal have progressed both on and off the pitch but it has not come without disappointment in the two arenas. On the field, the title race ended in disappointment as injuries took their toll on a squad deemed too short to take on the might of subsequent treble-winners Manchester City.
