Declan Rice He said that his transfer to Arsenal from West Ham United left him “very nervous” and that he arrived in north London knowing that the club expected him to make an immediate impact.
He Arsenal signed the 24-year-old England international in July for 105 million pounds (about 120 euros), a record transfer between two British clubs, surpassing the 100 million pounds that the Manchester City paid to Aston Villa by Jack Grealish in 2021.
“When the transfer was closing I was very nervous about the price,” he said. Rice to the press ahead of England’s final Euro qualifier against North Macedonia.
“You are a human being bought for 105 million pounds, it doesn’t seem very normal. But it was because of what he had done in the West Hamso they valued me,” he commented.
“It’s £100m, it’s a lot of money, I could understand the pressure that comes with it. Not just the pressure you put on yourself, but also the expectation that, being bought for that amount of money, we need to see performances from They have invested a lot of money in me, I have to show why I can go there and change things,” he said.
Rice He also said he understood why his England teammate Grealishwho won the treble with City last season, may have initially struggled after his transfer.
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