{"id":84420,"date":"2023-07-17T11:20:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T11:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/17\/arsenal-grab-rice-for-a-record-fee\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T11:20:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T11:20:49","slug":"arsenal-grab-rice-for-a-record-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/17\/arsenal-grab-rice-for-a-record-fee\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal Grab Rice For A Record Fee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Declan Rice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal have smashed their transfer record to complete the signing of England midfielder Declan Rice from West Ham, the club announced on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Premier League runners-up agreed a fee for Rice worth \u00a3100 million ($131m) plus \u00a35m ($6.5m) in add-ons, sources told ESPN. The amount easily eclipses Arsenal\u2019s previous record fee \u2014 the \u00a372m paid to sign Nicolas Pepe from Lille in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>When all is said and done, Rice, 24, may also become the most expensive British player in Premier League history, eclipsing the \u00a3100m Manchester City paid to sign Jack Grealish from Aston Villa two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a bit overwhelming because of my relationship with West Ham. [With] the love and support I have for them, it\u2019s been really hard to walk away,\u201d Rice said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn football, amazing opportunities arise. Big clubs, like Arsenal, have come for me and it\u2019s really hard to turn down. You only ever get one career and I really believe in what Mikel is building here and the squad he\u2019s building. I\u2019m really looking forward to the future with Arsenal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rice\u2019s arrival follows the signing of Germany international Kai Havertz from Chelsea for a fee worth up to \u00a367.5m as Arsenal continue to add firepower to the squad that mounted an unexpected Premier League title challenge last season.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal eventually fell short to title eventual treble winners City but came out on top in the race to sign Rice.<\/p>\n<p>City had an earlier offer of \u00a380m plus \u00a310m in add-ons rejected, sources told ESPN, but believed Arsenal\u2019s bid exceeded their valuation.<\/p>\n<p>He will join Arsenal on their preseason tour of the United States, with the Community Shield against City on August 6 his first chance to make his competitive debut. Arsenal begin their 2023-24 Premier League campaign by hosting Nottingham Forest on August 12.<\/p>\n<p>West Ham long expected Rice, who had one year left on his contract plus the option of another year, to leave this summer after guiding the club to the Europa Conference League title last month. The club confirmed his exit earlier on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone at West Ham United should be very proud of the part we have played in his journey from the Academy of Football at Chadwell Heath to becoming the most valuable young player in English football,\u201d West Ham joint chairman David Sullivan said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Declan Rice \u00a0 Arsenal have smashed their transfer record to complete the signing of England midfielder Declan Rice from West Ham, the club announced on Saturday. The Premier League runners-up agreed a fee for Rice worth \u00a3100 million ($131m) plus \u00a35m ($6.5m) in add-ons, sources told ESPN. The amount easily eclipses Arsenal\u2019s previous record fee [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Arsenal Grab Rice For A Record Fee - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/17\/arsenal-grab-rice-for-a-record-fee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Arsenal Grab Rice For A Record Fee - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Declan Rice \u00a0 Arsenal have smashed their transfer record to complete the signing of England midfielder Declan Rice from West Ham, the club announced on Saturday. 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