has told that he only wants to join Arsenal this summer, according to reports.
The midfielder is one of Arsenal’s priority targets for the summer transfer window, although the Gunners face strong competition with , and Bayern Munich also interested.
West Ham have already confirmed that they will allow Rice to leave this summer after he captained the club to victory in the Europa Conference League earlier this week.
According to German outlet , Thomas Tuchel is personally driving Bayern Munich’s effort to sign Rice as he met with the midfielder and his father in London to discuss a possible move to Germany.
However, the report also claims that Rice has informed West Ham’s chairman, David Sullivan, that Arsenal are the club he wants to join.
‘Declan Rice told David Sullivan a while ago that he was only going to Arsenal,’ a source told Ran.
‘This deal has actually been a done deal for a while.’
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Meanwhile, Sullivan also confirmed this week that West Ham will allow Rice to leave this summer.
‘We promised him he could go. He set his heart on going. You can’t ask for a man who has committed more to us this season,’ .
‘In due course, he has to get on and we have to get a replacement – or several replacements.
‘It’s not something we want to happen. We offered him £200,000-a-week 18 months ago. He turned it down.
‘It’s cost him £10million to stay at West Ham in that time [in lost wages]. And he wants to go. You can’t keep a player who doesn’t want to be there.’
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