He Arsenal He already has the piece he was missing in midfield. And it is one for many years, with a present but also a future, even with the potential to be a captain: Declan Rice He reaches the Gunners upon payment of 120 million euros.
He West Ham will receive a record amount for an English footballer – surpassing Jack Grealish -, who demanded the leap to a higher level. At 24 years old, and after winning the Conference League With the hammers captain’s armband, Rice will play in the Champions League with the runner-up in the Premier.
After a negotiation in which the Manchester City (they offered about 100 million between fixed and variable, but West Ham rejected it), the team from Mikel Arteta takes his great objective of the transfer market with a movement to mark presence that, in addition, ostensibly improves the level of the squad.
The signing of Rice has taken days to finalize, not only because of the final amount (100 million pounds plus 5 in variables that correspond to the 120 million euros mentioned above) but also because of payment terms. While West Ham wanted the landline paid in a year and a half, the Gunners’ final proposal was split that payment over the next four yearsas reported by the Daily Mail. With deadlines already agreed, Arsenal have been able to announce Rice.
In this way, the Gunners add their second signing of the summer after the arrival of Kai Haverz, the first to become official. They disbursed 76 million euros for the German, so the investment almost reached 200 million in two players.
The third to arrive will be the Dutch Jurrien Timber22-year-old Ajax center-back, for whom they have agreed a transfer of about 50 million euros.
From now on, the exit operation: Thomas Partey or Tierney -in addition to Xhaka, who has already headed for Bayer Leverkusen- are some of the names that will leave the club, if nothing changes, in the coming weeks.
Álvaro de Grado is in charge of covering English football information. He was born in Madrid and was a correspondent in Manchester for nine years, where he collaborated with various national media (MARCA, Diario AS, Cadena SER) and international media (La Tercera, TUDN, TNT Sports). Currently, along with his work in Relevo, he also comments on Premier League matches on DAZN and covers the Champions League for TNT Sports México. In addition, he is the author of the book “Away Days” from the Panenka Publishing House, has worked as a football scout for StatsBomb and has been part of the communication team of representation agencies. …
2023-07-15 12:26:28
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