Declan Rice is closing in on a £105 million transfer to Arsenal after West Ham accepted the Gunners' third proposal. Mikel Arteta has been pushing to sign the 24-year-old for the past month and now looks set to get his priority target this summer.
Arsenal submitted a club record transfer offer for the England international on Tuesday night, football.london understands. Manchester City entered the race for Rice but, after seeing a £90m bid swiftly rejected by the Hammers, pulled out of the running.
According to The Athletic and The Daily Mail, Arsenal are now expected to complete the signing of Rice after nearly a month of negotiations. The Gunners' offer proposed the guaranteed portion of the fee be paid over the course of four years but West Ham ideally want the cash paid in two instalments by the start of 2025.
