{"id":77742,"date":"2023-06-21T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/21\/west-ham-reject-second-arsenal-bid-for-england\/"},"modified":"2023-06-21T10:00:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T10:00:23","slug":"west-ham-reject-second-arsenal-bid-for-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/21\/west-ham-reject-second-arsenal-bid-for-england\/","title":{"rendered":"West Ham reject second Arsenal bid for England"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Declan Rice won the Europa Conference League in what looks likely to be his final game for West Ham
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West Ham United have rejected a second bid from Arsenal for their captain Declan Rice.<\/p>\n

It is understood the Gunners\u2019 latest offer for the 24-year-old England midfielder could have been worth as much as \u00a390m in total to the Hammers.<\/p>\n

However, Arsenal were proposing the initial fee for Rice to be \u00a375m, spread over four payments.<\/p>\n

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West Ham rejected\u00a0Arsenal\u2019s opening bid\u00a0last week and want a larger fee and a shorter payment plan to the deal.<\/p>\n

Hammers chairman David Sullivan has said\u00a0he is \u201c99%\u201d sure\u00a0Rice, who led the Hammers to victory in the Europa Conference League earlier this month, will leave West Ham this summer.<\/p>\n

Rice has played 245 games and scored 15 goals for West Ham, having made his debut in the 2016-17 season after coming through the academy.<\/p>\n

He has been capped 41 times by England, playing in all five of their matches at last winter\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n

Rice has one year left on his contract, although the Hammers have the option to extend that until the summer of 2025, leaving them in a strong position to negotiate a substantial transfer fee.<\/p>\n

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