Declan Rice accused of ‘playing it safe’ with transfer decision and not testing himself
England worldwide Declan Rice is anticipated to depart West Ham after successful the Europa Conference League – with Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal main the transfer race
Stan Collymore has urged Declan Rice to snub Arsenal and be part of Manchester United as a result of the latter are a “bigger football club”.
West Ham chief David Sullivan has confirmed Rice, 24, will likely be allowed to depart the membership this summer season. Arsenal are the favourites to signal the midfielder, who just lately captained the Hammers to a 2-1 win in opposition to Fiorentina within the Europa Conference League remaining.
Arsenal and United will each compete within the Champions League subsequent season after ending second and third respectively within the Premier League. Collymore believes Rice has a greater likelihood of successful silverware at United, with a takeover hanging within the stability.
Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani and Sir Jim Ratcliffe try to buy United. Regardless of who wins the takeover race, Collymore thinks United may have larger sources than Arsenal and Rice ought to transfer to Old Trafford to check himself.
“Rice needs to go somewhere where he’s going to get the opportunity to be tested, put under pressure regularly both mentally and physically,” Collymore instructed CaughtOffside. “Where he will get the chance to develop underneath a progressive coach.
“I know that the suggestion has been Arsenal but I think Man Utd is a better option. Why? Bigger football club, bigger expectations and I think they’ve been crying out for a dominant midfield force for some years now.”
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Collymore added: “I think if he’s looking at the slightly longer term, whether it be Jim Ratcliffe or whomever, Man Utd are going to have more money to spend and for longer. They’ll have more money to spend on better players to put around him.”
Collymore believes Arsenal will battle to battle to qualify for the Champions League once more because of the monetary energy of Manchester City and Newcastle. He additionally expects Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham to be aggressive once more subsequent season.
Collymore has additionally questioned whether or not Londoner Rice is a bit of a “homeboy”. Rice began his profession with Chelsea earlier than becoming a member of West Ham’s academy in 2014.
Former Liverpool and England striker Collymore continued: “If he wanted to go out of his comfort zone, I’d say go and test yourself… Rice is playing it a little bit safe and he might regret that three or four years down the line.”
Rice was requested about his future after West Ham’s Europa Conference League triumph. He instructed BT Sport: “It’s not goodbye but, there’s hundreds of hypothesis about my future and there’s curiosity from different golf equipment, however look, nothing’s occurred.
“I’m a West Ham player, I’ve still got two years left on my contract, I love every minute of playing for this club and captaining this club, you can see the smile on my face. It’s not about that tonight, it’s about us celebrating. Let’s wait and see what happens.”
