Rice joined Arsenal for 1 thousand 400 crores. Last season, Arsenal did not win the title after occupying the top position of the Premier League points table for most of the time. In the end, they lost the points and handed over the league title to Manchester City. The Gunners have mainly suffered from a lack of depth in the squad. Therefore, Mikel Arteta’s team has come down with a lot of waist in the change of the current season. Arsenal has joined English star Declan Rice from West Ham by spending a large amount of money.
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English midfielder Declan Rice has become a hotcake before the current transfer window begins. West Ham won the UEFA Conference League title last season. It was certain that he was leaving the team this time. Several clubs were in the race to sign the 24-year-old English star. But Arsenal beat everyone. The Gunners have been eyeing Rice for the past few years. So this time they did not hesitate to spend a large amount of money.
Rice’s move to Arsenal was all but certain. All that was left was the signing of the agreement and the official declaration. That episode is over now. North London club Arsenal confirmed Rice’s signing on Saturday (July 15). In the meantime, the club has completed the necessary documents signing and physical examination.
It cost 120 million euros or 105 million pounds to bring Rice from West Ham to the Gunners camp. In Bangladeshi currency which is equal to about 1 thousand 464 crore rupees. Rice is joining the Gunners camp on a five-year deal. Rice is now the most expensive British player to join Arsenal. Jack Grealish, who joined Manchester City from Aston Villa for £100 million, holds the record for the most expensive British player ever. Rice now owns this record. He joined the Gunner camp as the third player in the current team transfer. Before that, Arsenal bought Kai Havertz from Chelsea for 65 million euros and Julien Timber from Ajax for 45 million euros.
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Joining Arsenal, Rice said, ‘I’ve been keeping an eye on Arsenal for a few years because of the changes they were going through. Not just last season, but the season before that as well. When they finished in five.’
Panchmukh Rice praised coach Mikel Arteta by joining the Gunners camp. The Spanish coach also admitted that one of the reasons for joining Arsenal was, ‘Especially coach Michael Arteta. The way he is playing the team, implementing the strategy. Really awesome.’
Arsenal coach Artetao is optimistic about the new student, ‘Rice is a footballer of extraordinary ability. He has been performing at the top level for the England national team and the Premier League over the past few years. Declan (Rice) will definitely add a lot to the club. He can be very successful here with the talent and ability he has.’
