Record transfer by Declan Rice

West Ham is aware, with Declan Rice, of the footballer they have in their ranks. A player capable of leading the team in one of the best seasons in its history, qualified for the quarter-finals of the Europa League and in the fight for the ‘Champions places’ in the Premier League, but who, also as a result of his great performance, he has aroused the interest, and for a long time, of all the great teams in England.

Brilliant in both domestic and European competitions, and established in the national team under Gareth Southgate, midfielder and captain of the Hammers is ready to take another step in his career. That is why David Moyes’ team has rushed to appraise the 23-year-old footballer with the aim of scaring away his suitors, or at least postponing the sale of his franchise player as long as possible.

The 150M pounds, about 180M euros, that the London team will demand from the teams interested in Declan Riceaccording to the British newspaper Mirrorwould make the English footballer the most expensive signing in the history of the Premier League, exceeding by 60M euros what Manchester City paid to Aston Villa for Jack Grealish last summer. The most expensive in England, and the third in history. And it is that, with the figures handled by the English press, only Neymar and Kylian Mbappé would exceed the hypothetical transfer of Declan Rice.

But for Declan Rice to end up leaving London, or at least the team Hammer, there will have to be some team willing to put those 180M euros on West Ham’s table. At Mirror affirm that the team leading the battle for the English midfielder is Manchester United, who see Declan Rice as the ideal replacement for Paul Pogba. The Frenchman, who is inching closer to leaving Old Trafford this summer as a free agent, will need a replacement. Likewise, Chelsea, the team Rice left when he was just 14 years old, was also in the fight, but the problems derived from the sanctions to its still owner Roman Abramovich have left him in a second step.

Although West Ham want to retain their captain for as long as possible, sooner rather than later Hammers they will have to give him an outlet if they do not want to end up losing their star for a smaller amount than anticipated. Rice’s contract with the London team expires in 2024, but he does not want to extend it. That is why West Ham has the summers of 2022 and 2023 left to take advantage of one of the players with the most and best poster in English football.