It’s over, a new Premier League record has fallen, move over Jack Grealish! West Ham have accepted Arsenal’s latest bid for Declan Rice, the prestigious Athletic reported this evening. All that remains is for the two clubs to agree on the payment dynamics and finish the deal of the year, which certainly won’t be a problem. The player agreed to switch from East to North London a long time ago, so personal terms won’t be a problem. West Ham played it hard and squeezed a fantastic 121 million euros for the England international. The first offer of 105 million euros was not accepted, then the mighty Manchester City stepped in, but soon withdrew, unwilling to pay such a high amount and finished the deal with a 30 million worth Mateo Kovacic instead. BREAKING: Arsenal have agreed a £105m deal to sign West Ham captain Declan Rice 🔴💰 pic.twitter.com/3oFqnMA6AQ— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) June 28, 2023 Arsenal will finish the day with a 200 million euros spent, as they announced tonight that they have signed Kai Havertz from Chelsea on a 75 million deal. Former Bayer Leverkusen player and the German international who scored the Champions League winning goal against Manchester City in 2021 was surprisingly let go by the Blues this season and the Gunners were more than happy to embrace him. “Kai is a player of top quality. He has great versatility and is an intelligent player. He will bring a huge amount of extra strength to our midfield and variety to our play. We welcome Kai and his family to Arsenal Football Club and we are all excited to start working with him when we start pre-season training soon” said coach Mikel Arteta. We keep moving forward.Kai Havertz is a Gunner ❤️ pic.twitter.com/76j5BStw9e— Arsenal (@Arsenal) June 28, 2023 Havertz is expected to join his teammates when the pre-season starts in early July and will wear the shirt number 29. “It’s super exciting for me to be joining this amazing club and to be part of the Arsenal family. This club has such a big history, and I hope we can achieve lots of things. The mentality in the Arsenal squad is very high and you can feel that. That was one of the reasons why it has been so hard to play against Arsenal recently. The aim is to win trophies and I’m going to give everything to do that for the supporters and everyone at the club. I’m now looking forward to meeting all the players and the staff when we come back for pre-season” said former Chelsea man. ##NAJAVA_MECA_7342398##
