Fash, we have been here before. If Rice really does want Arsenal then we will have to match City's bid. If we don't do that then Rice will have to choose between staying at WH or joining City.Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
Fash, we have been here before. If Rice really does want Arsenal then we will have to match City's bid. If we don't do that then Rice will have to choose between staying at WH or joining City.
and we'll get Kalvin Phillips
Hmmmmmm. Or Moises Caicedo... When it inevitably goes that way we can come back to this thread and convince ourselves that he has a higher ceiling than Rice. Will make us all feel better thenand we'll get Kalvin Phillips
Doesn’t matter either way. We are still not going to win anything.
You know nothing, Rich. Mind you, the rest of us don't either at this point.
Perhaps Rice has an agreement with West Ham that he can move to Arsenal if we offer 100mil.
There's no reason to believe we will have to match City's offer. And this would be the City that have K Phillips, Rodri and have now signed Kovacic. Their interest in Rice would surprise me.
Last edited by WES; 06-22-2023 at 12:06 PM.
Suspect that they'd like to shift Phillips to West Ham.You know nothing, Rich. Mind you, the rest of us don't either at this point.
Perhaps Rice has an agreement with West Ham that he can move to Arsenal if we offer 100mil.
There's no reason to believe we will have to match City's offer. And this would be the City that have K Phillips, Rodri and have now signed Kovacic. Their interest in Rice would surprise me.
And you may know what David Sullivan is like.... called Del Boy for a reason... he'll accept the highest / most favourable bid (which will be City). Will be up to Arsenal to match it or move on.
Yes, the whole point would've been to AVOID having to match their "offer"; save a few quid. Hence the early, and ongoing, PR offensive.
Technically we could have signed him up three months ago, after all
You know nothing, Rich. Mind you, the rest of us don't either at this point.
Perhaps Rice has an agreement with West Ham that he can move to Arsenal if we offer 100mil.
There's no reason to believe we will have to match City's offer. And this would be the City that have K Phillips, Rodri and have now signed Kovacic. Their interest in Rice would surprise me.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
It, of course, is not entirely inconceivable that he doesn't want to move to Manchester. Wife and his family are all Londoners. Same reason (in reverse) my BiL didn't really want to move to London.Yes, the whole point would've been to AVOID having to match their "offer"; save a few quid. Hence the early, and ongoing, PR offensive.
Technically we could have signed him up three months ago, after all
Last edited by PSRB; 06-22-2023 at 02:14 PM.
350k a week plus a trust fund in Abu Dhabi for those kids might twist his arm...
There's also 115 other reasons he might be reluctant
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