£105m

[uncle_rico]

Arsenal have offered £105m + £5m in add ons for Declan Rice. Don’t get me wrong he’s good, but that is an obscene amount of money.

 

[bungydinsdale]

Great business for West Ham, they'll get three very good players in for that dosh that will more than adequately replace him. Regardless of what we think, players are worth what clubs are prepared to pay for them, no matter how obscene that amount seems.

 

[atypical_boro]

It does seem a lot but it is the going rate for a player of his calibre. I could see City outbidding them though.

 

[Fabiopaim]

He might push on and be fantastic for Arsenal, but I have yet to see him play a standout game that would value him at £100M+

 

[BoroMart]

It does seem a lot but it is the going rate for a player of his calibre. I could see City outbidding them though.

It'll make him the 4th most expensive player of all time, he shouldn't be the 4th highest transfer in the world.

 

[LBPHoppe]

West Ham should've bought Gyokeres before this, will get rinsed now

 

[bungydinsdale]

It'll make him the 4th most expensive player of all time, he shouldn't be the 4th highest transfer in the world.

I don't think he will be for long. Does anybody know if Chelsea had a sell-on clause???

 

[Jonny_Rondos_Disco_pants]

Arsenal need 1-2 players to keep building. Spending a fortune on one of them is required to keep improving then so be it.

 

[r00fie1]

Sick and tired of hearing his flippin name on the radio.

 

[Nero]

Football transfers have always been obsence when all things considered. Why does one employer need to pay another to transfer an employee to their organisation?

It all seems a bit bizarre. Agents are the ones who do very well out of it. Plus the players themselves of course.

 

[coluka]

I really can’t express enough how overrated I think he is. £105M is barmy, utter madness. Well done WHU, you have had their eyes out.

 

[WilliamMunny]

I don't think he will be for long. Does anybody know if Chelsea had a sell-on clause???

Why would Chelsea have a sell on clause for a player they released when he was 14?

 

[BoroMart]

Football transfers have always been obsence when all things considered. Why does one employer need to pay another to transfer an employee to their organisation?

It all seems a bit bizarre. Agents are the ones who do very well out of it. Plus the players themselves of course.

They’re not paying to transfer them, they’re paying compensation to rip up a contract of employment, technically

 

[indeedido]

They’re not paying to transfer them, they’re paying compensation to rip up a contract of employment, technically

The buying club is buying the registration of the player. Where the player is registered determines where the player can play.
The transfer fee is compensation to the selling club for losing the services of the player they hold the registration for prior to the end of his current contract.
The buyer does pay to transfer the registration (player) and this does involve prematurely ending an existing contract.

 

[Jonathan]

Paying that much for a player with a year left on his contract is madness to me.

 

[S7DiscoDown]

170mil on Rice and Havertz. I'd say both are well over priced.

They are throwing the cash around.

 

[TeaCider]

Paying that much for a player with a year left on his contract is madness to me.

It's 2 years left, they have an option to extend.

 

[DonTheKing]

He is up there with the most overrated players.

 

[Anton_Berg]

If Arsenal get the £35m they're asking for Balogun, they've recouped a large part of the Rice bid without touching their 1st team group. And no doubt plenty more outliers that they can cash in on.

 

[Diego]

If Arsenal get the £35m they're asking for Balogun, they've recouped a large part of the Rice bid without touching their 1st team group. And no doubt plenty more outliers that they can cash in on.

They’ve just spent 65 million on Havertz aswell tbf