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Former Arsenal player, Ray Parlour, has revealed one major concern over the club’s record bid for West Ham captain Declan Rice.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Parlour, who is confident Arsenal will find the money to sign Rice from West Ham this summer, fears the Gunners’ entire transfer budget will be wiped out in an attempt to recruit manager Mikel Arteta’s No.1 target.
Arsenal are reported to be on the verge of agreeing to a fee understood to be in the region of £100million with West Ham over Rice’s signature.
Midfield reinforcements are high on Arteta’s priority lists this summer transfer window amid uncertainty over the futures of Granit Xhaka, Thomas Partey and Jorginho.
“I look at the situation now and I think the owners know they have got the right manager and if Edu and the manager say we desperately need (Declan Rice), I think they will find the money,” Parlour told talkSPORT.
“The problem is, what else do they need? They need a striker, Jesus was injured last season, Eddie did a brilliant job when he came in, but you still need another striker, especially if you are in the Champions League.
“Is this all the budget they’ve got? I don’t know. Xhaka will probably move on, other players might leave, and whether Thomas Partey stays, I don’t know.
“That is the problem, it is going to take up maybe all of your budget if you get Declan Rice.
“But he’s a very important player going forward. I can see him in a totally different role if he went to Arsenal.”
EPL: That’s the problem – Ray Parlour reveals one major concern over Arsenal signing Declan Rice
