It might disappoint the doom merchants to know that Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City transfer target Declan Rice has made it known that as far as he is concerned ANY talk regarding him leaving the club OR him signing a new contract is to be put on the back burner until at least next summer, as the brilliant and highly sought after England midfielder wants to 'concentrate' on helping Hammers finish as high as they can in the Premier League as well as going as far as possible in the Europa League Cup as well as the FA Cup.
Speculation about Rice is a 'media column banker' so fans have become used to this club and that club showing a 'tap up', oh sorry how incorrect of us, we meant 'interest' in Declan. Hammers far from impressive transfer activity in the January transfer window was, according to the media, the cue for Decs to hand in a transfer request but they are about to be let down.
It has been rumoured for a while that Declan's father AND his financial advisors have made it known that their client WILL seek a move, IF the club fails to show sufficient 'intent' for the future. Expecting the club to maintain it's fairy tale start to the season is a tall order, some would say impossible, but IF by some strange twist of fate the club DOES qualify for Europe again, irrespective of how, then it will 'buy' the club a further 12 Months in order to convince Declan to stay and sign a new contract.
Hammers may have 'gotten away with it' for now, but if they DON'T invest properly in the early part of the summer window, they can kiss goodbye to their talisman before the season even starts! - Ed
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i think
that's very fair play of Declan and his advisors, good on him and us C.O.Y.I
Call me old fashioned
But that's just putting the inevitable on hold for a few months! I want Rice to stay for years, hes a superb player but I'll be more surprised if he does stay than go elsewhere...its the reality of the modern game
I agree 65 ,if there's one
I agree 65 ,if there's one thing we've learned down the years being hammers supporters its realism ,you have to go a long way back to look for loyalty in players ,Moore, Hurst ,Brooking ,any player coming through the academy that had a reputation for being a touch of genius was tracked by the big boys .
But
Moore wanted to go many times