West Ham have been conducting some important business of their own while Arsenal push to sign their captain Declan Rice this summer. After seeing two proposals rejected by the Hammers, Edu and Mikel Arteta finally compiled an offer worth £105million that was deemed suitable by the east Londoners and thus negotiations began.
A key part of those talks involved the payment structure with Arsenal keen to spread out the cost of what would become the new British transfer record. However, West Ham were intent on receiving the full £100million up front fee by the start of 2025.
Despite that clear difference, a compromise clearly appears to have been met with the Sun reporting that West Ham expect the final details of the move to be sorted by Monday. A further example that showed how close the deal is to being completed arrived when looking at the West Ham club website as purchasing a Rice shirt with the No.41 on the back is no longer possible as it has been removed from the page entirely.
