{"id":622771,"date":"2023-03-22T03:14:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T07:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=622771"},"modified":"2023-03-22T03:15:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T07:15:22","slug":"chelsea-arsenal-battle-declan-rice-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/03\/22\/chelsea-arsenal-battle-declan-rice-signing\/","title":{"rendered":"Romano: Chelsea Set to Challenge Arsenal for \u00a360,000-Per-Week Wages Midfielder \u2018Who Wants a Different Challenge&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/03\/12\/chelsea-set-to-sign-jamaican-forward-dujuan-richards\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea<\/a> have internally discussed the possibility of signing West Ham United midfielder Declan Rice in the summer, claims <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VpP1QXJm4mw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>. The 24-year-old shares a special connection with the Blues, having spent the majority of his youth career with them.<\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea Set to Face Arsenal Competition for Declan Rice Signing<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u25ab\ufe0f Declan Rice expected to leave in the summer, Chelsea and Arsenal discussed him internally but race open;<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa\ufe0f Man Utd to plan for Amad Diallo and Pellistri\u2019s future in the next two months;<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0f Asensio has to decide on new Real Madrid deal soon.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf1 More: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7myvBLeIxo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/7myvBLeIxo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J4XlvA1i12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/J4XlvA1i12<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1637926033188896772?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Chelsea Remain Appreciative of Rice\u2019s Quality<\/h3>\n<p>Even after signing <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/31\/fabrizio-romano-enzo-fernandez\/\" target=\"_self\">Enzo Fernandez for a British transfer record<\/a> in January, Chelsea are still looking at potential midfielders to sign in the summer transfer window. However, Romano adds that Arsenal have also internally discussed the prospect of signing Rice and have him on their list of midfielders to sign &#8211; as <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/17\/arsenal-declan-rice-summer-west-ham-united\/\" target=\"_self\">they appreciate his qualities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/03\/20\/chelsea-joao-felix-price-tag\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea Discover Price Tag to Sign Joao Felix in Summer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, the Blues have not discussed anything with West Ham over the possibility of a summer transfer. Romano reiterates that a lot about a potential summer transfer depends on the Hammers, regarding how much they will demand to sell the midfielder in the summer window. David Moyes had spoken about the possibility of seeing the 24-year-old leave in the summer and <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/4180511\/2022\/04\/02\/declan-rice-is-not-for-sale-with-150m-price-tag-as-minimum-west-ham-manager-david-moyes\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">claimed<\/a> that it would take a minimum of \u00a3150 million for any club to take him away from the London Stadium in the summer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2376\" height=\"1584\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-622775\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/03\/gettyimages-1473001982-594x594-transformed.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/03\/gettyimages-1473001982-594x594-transformed.jpeg 2376w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/03\/gettyimages-1473001982-594x594-transformed-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/03\/gettyimages-1473001982-594x594-transformed-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/03\/gettyimages-1473001982-594x594-transformed-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/03\/gettyimages-1473001982-594x594-transformed-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/03\/gettyimages-1473001982-594x594-transformed-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/03\/gettyimages-1473001982-594x594-transformed-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/03\/gettyimages-1473001982-594x594-transformed-1200x800.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2376px) 100vw, 2376px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>What Rice Feels About Potential Summer Transfer<\/h3>\n<p>Romano adds that the feeling around Rice&#8217;s camp is that the summer of 2023 will be the opportunity for him to try a new challenge in his career. The 24-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11685\/12611298\/declan-rice-rejects-west-ham-offer-of-eight-year-deal-worth-83m-but-club-determined-to-keep-midfielder#:~:text=Get%20Sky%20Sports-,Declan%20Rice%20rejects%20West%20Ham%20offer%20of%20eight%2Dyear%20deal,club%20determined%20to%20keep%20midfielder&amp;text=West%20Ham%20will%20not%20hold,year%20contract%20worth%20%C2%A383m.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">refused to sign a new contract<\/a> with West Ham last year and his current deal is set to expire in June 2024. The feeling around the Englishman right now is that it&#8217;s time to go from the Hammers and &#8216;try a different challenge&#8217; in his carer &#8211; further claims Romano.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/03\/13\/mason-mount-ben-chilwell-chelsea-manchester-united-liverpool\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea Struggling to Secure New Contract for Mason Mount<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The summer window will be a big opportunity for Rice to move away from West Ham, but it&#8217;s still not known exactly how much the Hammers will demand for his sale. The 24-year-old midfielder, who has rumoured<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/football\/12893607\/declan-rice-contract-wage-west-ham-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> wages of \u00a360,000 per week, <\/a>is the current captain for the London side and has made 34 appearances this season, scoring two goals and providing four assists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea have internally discussed the possibility of signing West Ham United midfielder Declan Rice in the summer, claims Fabrizio Romano. The 24-year-old shares a special connection with the Blues, having spent the majority of his youth career with them. Chelsea Set to Face Arsenal Competition for Declan Rice Signing \u25ab\ufe0f Declan Rice expected to leave [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4218,"featured_media":622775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,8,11,2,3,7188],"tags":[3190,8611,3277,7880],"class_list":["post-622771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-west-ham","category-arsenal","category-chelsea","category-featured","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-arsenal-transfer-news","tag-chelsea-transfer-rumours","tag-declan-rice","tag-west-ham-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}