Poor Arsenal. They had the Declan Rice deal on the verge, but chose to lowball West Ham United, thinking they could get the star man on the cheap. Their move backfired, as the hesitancy opened the door for both Manchester clubs to now enter the race.
Arsenal was always going to come back with another offer, but now it will be have to be closer to the ยฃ100m mark, if not over it.
West Ham still reportedly want to reach ยฃ105m, and of course, north of that if possible. Meanwhile Luke Shaw is using England national team camp, staged at United’s Carrington training complex, to recruit Rice; Harry Kane too.
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All the while United are looking to copy their intra-city rivals by prizing a midfielder from Chelsea. In this case it’s Mason Mount, and some reports indicate that Rice would love to play with Mount at United. We’ll see, when all is said and done the winner of this three-way bidding war might just simply be the club offering the most overall money in the end.
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