Chelsea lost to Declan Rice twice, before he finally moved to Arsenal and became the most expensive English player in history.
Rice could have joined Chelsea The last three Chelsea coaches wanted RiceRice is now officially at Arsenal
WHAT HAPPENED?
Declan Rice, who on Saturday (15/7) finally made his move to Arsenal and made the record for the most expensive English player ever (£105m), could very well have joined Chelsea – sadly The Blues twice let it go, and now it is in the hands of their city rivals.
WHY CHELSEA RELEASE DECLAN RICE?
Rice spent seven years at the Chelsea Academy before being released in 2013 at the age of 14 for reasons even RIce did not know. Years later, as he emerged as one of the top players at West Ham, former Chelsea coach Frank Lampard – during his time as Stamford Bridge tactician – wanted to bring him back. Lampard’s successor, Thomas Tuchel, is also reported to admire the England national team star so much that he wants to recruit him to Bayern Munich this summer. Tuchel’s successor, Graham Potter, even wanted Chelsea to sign Rice in January 2023, but they preferred to sign Enzo Fernandez.
THEY SAID:
Earlier this July, Lampard spoke on Diary of a CEO podcastand said: “When I was at Chelsea before, I wanted to sign Declan Rice. I thought: ‘This kid is going to be Chelsea captain for the next 10 years’.”
IN THE PHOTOS:
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THE SITUATION:
After collapsing and failing to win the English Premier League last season, Arsenal went straight all out on the transfer market. Rice became the third recruit The Gunners in the summer having brought in Kai Havertz from Chelsea and Jurrien Timber from Ajax.
FURTHERMORE:
Arsenal have started the pre-season agenda and have played two test matches on July 9 and July 14 against Watford and Nurnberg. They will now fly to the United States where they will face Manchester United, Barcelona and AS Monaco.
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