Arsenal sign Declan Rice: The inside story
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 15 July 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
David Ornstein and Adrian Clarke join host Adam Leventhal to reveal how Arsenal won the race to sign Declan Rice...
How serious were Pep Guardiola and Manchester City about signing him, how Arteta helped to convince the West Ham captain and how Arsenal can afford to keep spending in transfer market.
Plus, why Arsenal became determined to sign him, where he'll fit into the manager's midfield plans for next season and how West Ham will attempt to use their £100M+ windfall to replace him.
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| 0:00.0 | He's having a blinder. He's clipped the post. He's looking formidable. Then... |
| 0:09.0 | His game might be over, but yours isn't. |
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| 0:34.2 | The Athletic. |
| 0:36.3 | This time, it truly was all or nothing for Arsenal. |
| 0:40.7 | No plan B, no alternative targets and no room for error. |
| 0:45.9 | It was Declam Rice or bust. |
| 0:51.7 | It's out by Shaka, but it's not a way, it's Rice! |
| 0:55.1 | Big major transfer news, and we understand Arsenal is Declan Rice's preferred destination, |
| 1:00.6 | despite that interest early this week from Manchester City. |
| 1:04.2 | So, how did Arsenal become so fixated with West Ham's captain? |
| 1:08.9 | Can they afford to break the transfer record for a British |
| 1:11.7 | player this summer? And why did Manchester City really make that late play for the England star? |
| 1:17.5 | This is the inside story of how Declan Rice became an Arsenal player. |
| 1:44.8 | Hi there, this is Adam Leventile. This is the Athletic Football podcast. We'll hear from our West Ham correspondent Rochane Thomas on how West Ham are looking to make the most of their big money win for a little bit later on. There's a big piece that has dropped on the Athletic from our reporter Jordan Campbell as well, which you can read right now. We're going to |
| 1:48.8 | get stuck into the details of this massive domestic transfer. Join today by our resident, former |
| 1:56.8 | Arsenal player, now broadcaster Adrian Clark, who's sat there with a smile on his face, |
| 2:01.3 | as always, seemingly. How are you, Adrian? |
| 2:03.6 | Hello, Adam. Yeah, oh, very good, very good. I mean, this summer is going swimmingly so |
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