Manchester City

[Patricks_Berger]

I think Rice effectively has 2 years, with West Ham having an option of another year which can kick in on the 1st July.

Still crazy money though.

That’s mad that he’s got himself so tied down to West Ham as he comes into his peak years. What was agent thinking?

[S-RED]

£70m for Mount with 1 year just makes him unbuyable.

Off to Saudi then....

[SB]

That’s mad that he’s got himself so tied down to West Ham as he comes into his peak years. What was agent thinking?

That he’s not that good of a player & that WH was as good as it’d get for him?

[Doc_Piptorious]

That he’s not that good of a player & that WH was as good as it’d get for him?

If the player or his agent thought that, then the over 200k a week offer that West Ham made to extend his contract would have been snapped up.

[danperkins]

...sadly, that's why they're always so hard to compete against each season. When decent players leave, quality upgrades come in. Cash no problem.

it's what they do

[spud_gun]

Citeh's 'interest' in Rice is an attempt by them to ramp the price that Arsenal will eventually pay up.

They've previous for this and they're generally pretty successful at it.

[danperkins]

Yeah they've played a blinder with this

[Doc_Piptorious]

Yeah they've played a blinder with this

How so?



The owner of West Ham said he wants 100m for Rice.

Arsenal and City both bid 90m and had their bids rejected.


City are in no way forcing the price by bidding the same amount that Arsenal did. Only side forcing or trying to force up the price is West Ham.


As things stand the only way Rice moves is if one or both clubs meets what West Ham are asking for.

[Exiled_red]

What you want and what you get are often two different things, I thought the £100m was an opening gambit on West Ham's part, if they were only negotiating with one club they would probably have been looking at getting £85-90m, if a couple of clubs have offered £90m and seen it rejected it looks like they will get what they originally wanted

[Buzzo]

City have apparently tapped out at £105m. So he’ll go to Arsenal.

£105m…!!!! for a player whom I just saw referred to as this generations Gareth Barry

[spud_gun]

City have apparently tapped out at £105m. So he’ll go to Arsenal.

£105m…!!!! for a player whom I just saw referred to as this generations Gareth Barry

Citeh were never interested in signing him.

He wouldn't get a sniff in that team with Rodri still there

[danperkins]

How so?



The owner of West Ham said he wants 100m for Rice.

Arsenal and City both bid 90m and had their bids rejected.


City are in no way forcing the price by bidding the same amount that Arsenal did. Only side forcing or trying to force up the price is West Ham.


As things stand the only way Rice moves is if one or both clubs meets what West Ham are asking for.

Because imo City have no interest in signing Rice. They don't need him as they have Rodri there who is a far superior player.

[Rich]

I think the belief is that Rice becomes more of a box-to-box rather than solely a sitting midfielder.

Hugely overpriced but he's very talented and grounded bloke. Certainly improved Arsenal, not so much City.

[danperkins]

I think the belief is that Rice becomes more of a box-to-box rather than solely a sitting midfielder.

Hugely overpriced but he's very talented and grounded bloke. Certainly improved Arsenal, not so much City.

a fair summary. I do think he's talented but yeah massively over priced. City don't need to pay that much for him as they don't need him. Personally I'm not sure how much he improves Arsenal for that price tag but he does have ability. United apparently in for Caicedo now too, I think he ll end up at Chelsea but he is a player I would love us to be in for.

[Mark79]

Well, I'm shocked.
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