Arsenal strike Declan Rice deal in principle with West Ham after blockbuster £105m bid

The two London rivals now just need to solve the remaining issues over the payment structure

Arsenal have now agreed a deal in principle with West Ham over the signing of Declan Rice.

The Gunners submitted a huge third offer for their top summer transfer target late on Tuesday night worth an initial £100million plus a further £5m in add-ons.

Rivals Manchester City decided not to match that offer for Rice having seen an initial opening bid of their own worth £90m rebuffed, though Arsenal’s latest proposal was not immediately accepted as West Ham were unhappy with the payment structure involved.

As first reported by the Daily Mail, Standard Sport understands the Gunners have now agreed a fee and deal in principle with their London rivals, with discussions ongoing to solve the last remaining payment issues.

Rice was always Arsenal’s top target for a busy summer transfer drive that on Tuesday saw them finally confirm the £65m signing of Kai Havertz from Chelsea.

The Gunners are also working to bring in Netherlands international defender Jurrien Timber from Ajax as Mikel Arteta plots upgrades throughout his team in order to challenge City for Premier League glory once again next term in addition to returning to the Champions League after a long six-year absence.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in