West Ham reject Arsenal’s €93.5m Declan Rice bid and await Manchester City offer

The Gunners' first proposal falls well below West Ham’s valuation. 

TARGET: England's Declan Rice (centre) and team-mates during a training session at St George's Park.  Picture: Martin Rickett/PA Wire.

Arsenal have had an opening offer of £80million (€93.5m) for Declan Rice turned down by West Ham, who anticipate Manchester City entering the bidding for the midfielder.

West Ham want £100m (€117m) for Rice and the expectation at the start of the week was that Arsenal would meet the asking price by including various add-ons. Initial talks had progressed well and there was confidence the transfer would not turn into a saga.