Spyke

I think Arseblog makes a really good point here.

West Ham were surely always going to delay until City came in – plus they made the rejections public immediately.

This was probably inevitable and in the best interest of West Ham to have a bidding war start.

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lemmy.world

I'm not too worried just yet. City have the money but have a tendency to walk away when their transfer targets are over priced and I'm guessing West Ham will play hard ball a little bit, which will only chase away buyers when you are demanding 100m for a player on their last year of contract.

I expect City to be as stingy with their offer as we were, and then back out after West Ham demand even more money.

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Panzerreply
lemmy.world

Believe rice has two years left but turned down a new contract.

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lemmy.world

His contract runs until 2024 with a club option for another year.

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What will be, will be. It's really annoying of course, especially with Mudryk memories still fresh, but we can't get into a crazy bidding war. All that matters is if Rice wants us.

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This will be a massive egg on the face of our recruitment team if they can't land Rice. After what happened with Mudryk, I hope they have learned their lesson.

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