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This is how I want West Ham to deal with the Rice announcement.
Or like this
No, it's OK, I've got my coat here..
Declan Rice and Jurrien Timber to undergo medicals within 72 hours after deals agreed with West Ham and Ajax respectively; Granit Xhaka's transfer from Arsenal to Bayer Leverkusen has been announced within 24 hours after the two clubs agreed a £21.4mm deal;
I think he’s been working on this move for some time. Can’t wait for him to be gone and he means nothing to me now. He’s just a player at another club.
He is moving to a bigger club to work and has taken a view they are an emerging club again that will fight for top honours domestically and in Europe. Time will tell if he is right about that.
I suspect he will always have a love for our club as it's been a big part of his life since 14, and the fans, the smile on his face in that shot is a part of the game of showcasing a new signing for the club.
Not on this forum but on others some posters have gone way overboard and have even called him Judus etc. Some show a real lack of awareness. As I have said before I think he has been foot perfect as a player playing for us and in his departing.
I also don't think we would have qualified for Europe or won the conference trophy without him, and I actually think we would have qualified for the Champions league had he not got injured two seasons ago. I really hope we spend the money well and so manage to miss him as little as possible, yet I won't be surprised if we struggle to replace him. So in my view we have had a world class player give us some great times and now we pocket a record fee of £105m. There don't look like any losers.
(I really dont get the negativity by a chunk of our fans. I get some sadness and disappointment but he's been nothing but a credit to our club and deserves the well wishes)
Personally speaking, I thank him for his service and wish him well. I hope he does well, except against us of course.
Re more money, he was offered £200k a week from us but refused… so don’t accept that’s his real reason to be happy.
We all know he wanted out “ to win things” wasn’t it, while Arsenal improved last season it’ll need a lot more to actually win things IMO.
I thank him for what he did and he always tried his best etc, but as soon as his leaves, for me he’s simply history…
My main gripe is going to Arsenal, he could have sat down with Sullivan and discussed something like a new 1 year contract but with a reduced fee to be sold at at the end of that if he still wanted out, I know that’ was more wishful thinking on my side, but Arsenal, really 🙄, all just my opinion though and nothing more.
When I see him in an Arsenal kit, it’s gonna just make me cringe and think he could have done much more for himself, time will tell.
I predict Arsenal will finish outside the top 4 this coming season and really hope I’m right 🤣
As soon as a player is linked with a new club they are mocked up in that clubs jersey 🤬