MANCHESTER LUNCH 90 MILLION POUNDS BID FOR WEST HAM UNITED CAPTAIN, DECLAN RICE.

Manchester City have made a bid worth 90 million pounds for West Ham United captain, Declan Rice. Having beaten Arsenal to last season’s Premier League title, Manchester City are now hoping to pip the Gunners to Rice’s signature. The offer breaks down as 80million pounds up front plus ten million pounds in add-ons. The bid is short of West Ham’s valuation and early indications suggest it will be rejected. Arsenal are still pushing to sign Rice and West Ham are expecting them to come in with a third bid after having two offers rejected.

Rice will leave West Ham in the close season after the midfielder captained the club to their first European trophy in 58 years. Hammers chairman David Sullivan said a gentleman’s agreement means Rice can leave despite a year remaining on his contract with the option to extend it by a further 12 months. The 24-year-old played 50 games in all competitions this season as West Ham finished 14th in the Premier League before clinching the Europa Conference League in Prague, Also Rice has played more than 200 games for West Ham and also earned 41 caps for England since his international debut in 2019.