West Ham ‘fuming’ with Arsenal as the Gunners latest Declan Rice bid is rejected

West Ham are reportedly 'fuming' with Arsenal over the lack of progress in their negotiations with the Gunners over Declan Rice.

Arsenal's second bid – believed to be worth £90million – is set to be rejected, after it was tabled by the Gunners on Tuesday. However, it still remains short of West Ham's £100million valuation of the midfielder.

According to 90min, West Ham are fuming with Arsenal over the negotiations, as they have previously indicated in talks they're willing to pay the asking price. Rice appears to be Mikel Arteta's No1 target this summer, after they narrowly missed out on the Premier League trophy.

Rice seemingly sent West Ham fans home with the perfect leaving gift, when he led them to glory in the Europa Conference League. And after the final, Hammers chairman David Sullivan confirmed Rice wanted to leave the club.

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Speaking on talkSPORT, he said: "I think it has to be. 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.

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"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."

The Hammers are also expecting Manchester City to join the bidding war – despite Pep Guardiola's side lodging a £25million bid for Matteo Kovacic on Tuesday morning.

Bayern Munich have pulled out of the race for Rice, but Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag is interested.

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