West Ham captain, Declan Rice, appears to be very much in demand this summer transfer window, with Man City apparently joining Arsenal in the race for the 24-year-old.
Rice is currently away on England duty, but it’s thought that his club future will be sorted out as soon as he returns.
Mikel Arteta won’t necessarily be worried that his old employers are sniffing around, though he will be wary that if a deal isn’t concluded swiftly, there’s a chance that Pep Guardiola could persuade Rice that his future is actually with the recent treble winners.
They might even have the edge in the bidding after the person known as ExWHU Employee revealed on his West Ham Way podcast (subscription) required (h/t West Ham Zone), that City are willing to offer an attacking sensation as part of the deal.
He notes that Kalvin Phillips isn’t interested in being used as a makeweight, and City could therefore consider offering 19-year-old winger Carlos Borges instead.
David Moyes seems to have kept his cards very close to his chest in terms of what positions he might be looking to strengthen, and it’s not clear if the offer of Borges would be acceptable to the Scot or not.
For now, the issue that remains a sticking point is the amount that West Ham are willing to accept for the talisman.
Given that Rice still has two years left on his Hammers contract, the east Londoners can afford to dig their heels in for the time being.
Nononono, Carlos Borges should not be used, I pray this never happens. Would be the worst thing Manchester could ever do this decade. Borges is a super star in the making.
Borges may be the next coming of Ryan Giggs…. but then again, he may not!
Borges Just turned 19, never played in the 1st team and isn’t even valued on Transfermarkt.
On the other hand, Declan Rice is 45 England Capped, European trophy winning Captain with 250 premier League appearances and considered favourite to be next England Captain….. £100mil. +Borges = Bargain!
Westham can’t afford to cash plus swap Rice for a player who might be good in a few years .
Of course they can. They are richer than you imagine.
What do you mean West Ham can’t afford? They’re the ones being paid 100 million for him…
I think borges will be much super than him. Don`t do it
Carlos borges is an upcoming superstar who is supereb in his wing position and so the cytizens should not risk doing that coz he will become an isue for them like lavia and edozie are now.
I’m a Gonner. I cannot swap Smith Rowe for Rice. Besides, we need Caicedo more than Rice. If we can get Caicedo and no nonsense Ousmane Diomande of Sporting Lisbon, and keep all our players, with an exception of Vieira and Holding, we will certainly win the league this coming season.
Arsenal can’t afford RICE he wil be superb for city the new Gerard !!!! I am a west ham season ticket holder and I’ve watched him since he was 17 the guys amazing! I don’t want us to sell him even for £200m. He is irreplaceable I would like SULLIVAN to step up and finally prove he is a west ham fan ! And tell dec that he wants him to stay and that he is going to buy Maddison and Barnes and goncalo geddes and Edison from Ajax and a striker !
THEN WHY WOULD YOU LEAVE WEST HAM ! A giant in the future !
You have zero chance of winning the league this coming season. You had your chance last season and blew it. Other teams like Newcastle, Man United and Chelsea will be much stronger this coming season. Plus your a million miles away from competing with the likes of Man City.
I believe the distance is 199 miles!
Leave Declan where he is, loved and respected COYI
Please man city as I do respect my you
As my team don’t ever try to swap
Carlos Borges coz the guy is on fire
He can even become one of the greats
At team man city
This is such a garbage story. It’s so disingenuous to have a headline saying that City are “now offering” a winger. It’s literally one alleged insider of one club theorizing that a different club that he has zero connection to is allegedly “considering” making offers (if you look past the paywall) that include Kalvin Phillips who is “thought” to not want to move, so they “may need” to up a, to now, non-existent offer, or they “could consider” using Borges (said winger).
For those following at home, that is a hypothetical about a hypothetical offer, with a separate, nested hypothetical that a player at the center of that hypothetical offer is “believed” not to be interested, thus leading to the theorization of another hypothetical premised on all of the prior hypotheticals—none of which have been at all tested—being true to begin with.
That isn’t the same thing at all. Stop with the innuendo clickbait.