Rice makes no sense for Pep.
Declan Rice | signs for arsenal
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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Obviously the general point is fair but Taibi was £4.5m, no idea why they’d say he was free.
Bloody Glazers.
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Bloody PLC..
I'll take that bet. I'll send you Paypal details in due time
It's not an outlandish prediction.
I think wel only get Mount from that list, pretty confident on that.
We‘ve always been a pain in the arse. Even things out of our control like Van Nistelrooy’s knee injury. Remember seeing him in the stands against Chelsea to breakdown not long after the club called the deal off.
And Blackburn - also a top team back then - almost signed him for an even higher fee, just the signatures were missing and then we got involved and signed him immediately
Not too different from the current Rice situation.
Spent most of a walking holiday in Scotland boring my parents to tears complaining about Bosnich being our replacement for Schmeichel.
They kinda deserved it, to be fair, taking a 9 year old on a walking holiday in Scotland...
They kinda deserved it, to be fair, taking a 9 year old on a walking holiday in Scotland...
I feel like City don't really want him but are just raising the price for Arsenal.
Like they did with Ronaldo and making us move for him. I believe they also bid for Fred and Maguire?
It's 99% likelihood he goes to Arsenal but City will tag along to increase the price to £100m+
Like they did with Ronaldo and making us move for him. I believe they also bid for Fred and Maguire?
It's 99% likelihood he goes to Arsenal but City will tag along to increase the price to £100m+
Seems like Claret & Hugh are only ones saying it,so think it's safe to say that the likes of Ornstein are more connected on this
City are obviously not using their own money. They could buy Mbappe if they wanted him
Be surprised if they entertain a 2 for 1 player deal,think McTominay plus cash is only possibility but certain it's between only Arsenal and City
Surprised we have bid, usually suggests that we are fairly confident… I don’t buy into the fact we would bid just to raise the price because I don’t think we would collude with West Ham like that… the bid was £80m + £10m achievable add-ons. That’s a very respectable offer.
Yeah Arsenal can't compete with you
That is if we believe all these twitters are true.
Shame we're skint. We should be in for him.
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Insane. They know they will get 100M now that both City/Arsenal are involved.
I wouldn’t rule it out even if the chances are slim.
Considering Brighton Would want 85 million approximately or more for Caceido - the chances of a swap deal plus money including Maguire and or Mctominay to West Ham is more likely considering none of those players would be wanted at Brighton.
£100m for Rice is almost as mad as £100m for Graelish. English players are way too expensive.
Ecuadorian players are way too expensive after 1 single season.
Hardly surprising when the transfer can be effectively written off with 1-2 fake sponsorships and half his salary paid in UAE consultancy work. Monopoly money at this point.
We don't stand a chance of signing Rice unless we sign his best mate Mount. Is that something we want?
If he goes city it’s a joke. They’ll win the quadruple next year.
West Ham have consistently said Rice’s price is over £100M. It’s come down a bit actually from previous years where their asking price was as high as £150M. As long as Rice kept his performance levels up, which he has, he was always going for £100M or more. If anything Rice’s valuation is impacting Caicedo’s valuation.
More than happy to sit this one out and let one of Arsenal or City pay that kind of money for Rice.
Put some respect on Quinton Fortune's name!
Met him before too, a lovely guy and some backstory to making it as a footballer!
How much room do they have to realistically improve? I think they are as good and balanced now as they can be. They might win the quadruple next year with or without Rice, it all comes down to the football on the day. You can only have 11 players on the field at a time, and their squad players are already very good and well integrated into Pep's system. If they do sign Rice, where does he play? If he replaces Rodri or Stones (You would think one of those positions is where he would play) then he's coming in to play a position where they already have two high performing players and adequate replacements.
I don't think signing Rice changes much for City.
Not for £100m, that is insanity.
What a shock.
Losing 2 of their best midfilders, I would be surprised if they are as good as last season.
In a world where Caicedo is £80m I don't think it's that mad
Hardly insanity when compared to other signings we've made. Will be a mainstay of City/Arsenal midfield for years.
And look how all those signings worked out?
Yeah, I get that it's just the way things are now. I mean £80m for a player with one full season in the EPL is obviously heavily inflated as well.
I just think spending this much money on one player rarely works out. City are probably the only team that can actually absorb it and it not be an issue if the player doesn't hit the ground running, or fails completely.
Pogba and Maguire both became lodestones around the neck of the club. Antony gave a decent showing for his first season in England, but his cost means people will never really be happy with the maximum he'll probably ever deliver. Lukaku is only washed over because we recouped a lot of the money
Rice is a very good player, but he's only ever played for a deep block West Ham. He does well for England, but international football is so slow compared to top level European football.
I just feel that for a top 4 team he's a pure DM, you won't get much from him as an 8. That's not necessarily a bad thing, look how important Kante was to Leicester and Chelsea in their league wins. He didn't cost £100m though.
If you're City and regularly winning domestic doubles and trebles, it's a no brainer to pay a 100m with the aim of getting an actual treble. Same way another 100m is worth it if you're aiming for back to back trebles or even a quadruple.
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