West Ham want only £50m for Manchester United and Chelsea target Declan Rice
West Ham have reportedly brought down the asking price for Declan Rice as they’re now looking for just £50million in exchange of his services.
According to Sport (April 26, 10:24 am), Manchester United and Chelsea have insistently asked about the 23-year-old.
However, it’s now understood that even Manchester City hold a firm interest in securing his services.
Recently, David Moyes quoted his transfer valuation and reiterated that the England international was not for sale.
“If you are interested, well, it will be north of that, he said via the Athletic.
“One hundred (million pounds) was cheap last summer. One hundred and fifty just now would be minimum but he is not for sale. What I do know is that it means there are only certain clubs that could even consider it.”
Surely not?
The club would not reduce his valuation by one third within the matter of a month.
If the reports of him turning down a new deal are indeed true then they may want to lower it slightly.
However, to get it down to one third seems baffling to say the least.
This is probably just to put pressure on the Hammers as it could tempt one of the interested clubs to put in a bid.
Rice would certainly want to play in the Champions League and if he feels that his dream is not realised at West Ham he could want out this summer.
Whether or not that actually happens, remains to be seen, but the Hammers are going to make it extremely hard.
In other West Ham news, a football finance expert has made a mammoth £200m Hammers claim amid recent speculation.
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