Arsenal’s second bid for Declan Rice is expected to remain under the £100million-plus West Ham asking price football.london understands. The club had a first bid of £80million plus at least £10million in add-ons rejected last week for the England international.
Having completed England duty, Arsenal are expected to push ahead in finding an agreement with West Ham United. Despite interest from elsewhere, Arsenal are Rice’s team of choice and other parties are aware of this.
As previously reported at football.london, similar to the Mykhailo Mudryk situation the club want to try and avoid the additional pressures of triple-million-pound fees and this is no different. West Ham, however, remain adamant of an English record fee for Declan Rice with achievable add-on structure with a significant portion of the guaranteed fee paid upfront instead of the staggered payment over six years the Gunners offered previously, football.london understands.
