standard sports The Gunners are understood to have made Rice one of their top summer transfer targets, prompting the Hammers to slap a £120m price tag on their captain.
The Gunners hope that figure will drop, although West Ham are hoping to land a British record transfer fee – with Chelsea set to sign Enzo Fernandez for £106.8m in January.
The likes of Manchester United and Liverpool have also been linked, with Ally McCoist tipping Arsenal to win.
“If he went to Manchester United now I’d be very worried, to be honest,” the former Scotland striker told talkSPORT. “I think they did very well,” I said. They played in two cup finals and won the League Cup.
“If they win the FA Cup, they’ll be second favorites and finish in the top four, I don’t think it’s a good season. I think it’s a really good season.
“However, the last two games, watching them, set off an alarm in my head. I think they might be further along than I thought at the start of the season. So I’m not sure if Declan Rice will go.
“The Liverpool midfielder is asking for Declan Rice, Chelsea have a great midfielder for him and I don’t know if they will spend any more money this summer. They spent the better part of half a billion pounds and finished in the bottom half, which isn’t great.
“I have to be brutally honest here; If you’re an Arsenal fan, this is the transfer of the summer.
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