Manchester City are set to make a formal approach to sign West Ham United captain Declan Rice today after Arsenal saw two bids knocked back.
The Gunners are reportedly willing to break their transfer record to pay £90million to West Ham and offer Rice £300,000-a-week. Rice is their number one priority, but the Gunners will face plenty of competition for his services.
The North London club’s latest offer was thought to have been a £90m package that was a guaranteed £75m fee – spread out over several transfer windows – alongside £15m worth of add-ons. That was knocked back, although Arsenal were likely to return with an increased bid as Granit Xhaka and Thomas Partey both look set to leave this summer.
