Want To Recruit Declan Rice? Prepare 1.6 Trillion Money

Declan Rice (Twitter @WestHam)

JAKARTA - West Ham United will charge 80 million pounds (Rp1.6 trillion) if Chelsea and Manchester United (MU) are determined to sign Declan Rice to join them, Eurosport reported on Thursday.

The defensive midfielder has started all seven of England's games during Euro 2020, including the final against Italy.

At that price, Rice could become the second most expensive player in England after Manchester United centre-back Harry Maguire.

Not going to talk too much… WHAT A WIN. Let's keep pushing❤️😁 pic.twitter.com/VwD0ZbAGs4

— Declan Rice (@_DeclanRice) June 29, 2021

That price also beats Jadon Sancho, who was pulled by the Red Devils to Old Trafford from Borussia Dortmund at a price of 72.6 million pounds (Rp145.3 billion).

Launching Antara, Rice was a Chelsea academy graduate with Mason Mount before being released at the age of 14.

The friendship between Rice and Mount was the main reason why the Blues insisted on targeting Rice.

But West Ham have plans of their own to continue to tie Rice, namely to increase the value of his contract by channeling some of the income from the sale of Felipe Anderson to Lazio, to increase Rice's salary.

The majority of the £5 million revenue from the sale of Andersen will be used to meet Rice's demand for a contract increase to keep the player with the Hammers.

Previously, Rice had twice refused a contract extension because the contract value was deemed no longer commensurate with the quality.

It's been a huge year for @_DeclanRice What has been your favorite moment?! pic.twitter.com/bi5xD7Gqvw

— West Ham United (@WestHam) January 14, 2021

Rice's contract itself will only expire in June 2024 and this makes West Ham not too bothered by the issue of the midfielder's transfer.