West Ham have rejected a bid of £90m from Treble winners Manchester City for captain Declan Rice.

City's offer was thought to have included an £80m initial payment but is short of the £100m the Hammers want.

Arsenal are expected to make a third bid for the 24-year-old England midfielder.

The Gunners' second proposal of an initial £75m in four payments, plus £15m in add-ons, was turned down by West Ham last week.

Rice's contract with the Hammers expires in 2024, although it has the option for a one-year extension until the summer of 2025.

Following the club's Europa Conference League victory over Fiorentina earlier this month, chairman David Sullivan said he was "99%" sure Rice would leave West Ham this summer.

Although they have lined up Chelsea's Mateo Kovacic in a £25m deal, the loss of Ilkay Gundogan to Barcelona means City manager Pep Guardiola is keen to bolster his midfield options, with Rice viewed as the ideal candidate.

ArchiLimited:
I wish Mancity and arsenal would both pull out of this deal and let West Ham eat their rice by themselves. What nonsense. These are the guys spoiling football. 90m for rice and you have audacity to say it's too small. That means mbappe would be 500m going by that valuation

Gppgn:
Wetin this beans dey play self

Ikem11:

dude worth it

Gppgn:
Wetin this beans dey play self

ArchiLimited:


Worth it my foot. That amount would buy caicedo and lavia. I have no idea the obsession with English players and the gross overpricing that comes with it