Arsenal's priority target for the summer transfer window is West Ham United captain Declan Rice, football.london understands.
football.london understands that the Gunners are confident they have a strong offer for Rice but they also feel that it will ultimately come down to the player to decide amid interest from a host of other top European clubs, including the likes of Bayern Munich and Manchester United.
The Gunners are keen to avoid a bidding war and they’ve demonstrated in the past that they are willing to walk away from priority targets like Lisandro Martinez and Mykhailo Mudryk - who eventually joined United and Chelsea respectively. However, a move to Bayern is unlikely, according to The Guardian, who claim that Rice would prefer to stay in England, where his young family are settled.
