Arsenal transfer News: The Gunners do have a strong squad that can compete for the Premier League title. Notably, they have already been showing great signs of how good they can be when they are on song. Mikel Arteta has transformed this young side into potential title contenders. If they go on to win the title, then Arsenal would become the youngest-ever team to win the EPL.
As things stand, everything looks super fine for them at the moment. They are currently sitting on top of the Premier League points table. Arsenal collected many as 60 points from 25 games in the English Premier League. They have won 19 games, drew thrice and lost three games in the competition so far. It will be quite interesting to see how the Gunners go about their work in the upcoming fixtures.
Roy Keane on Declan Rice:
🗣️ “I don't think he's been great this season. There's a lot of good PR coming out from West Ham about his price. He doesn’t score enough and he doesn’t assist enough. I know, I played that position. He needs to do a lot more." pic.twitter.com/HB7U4OwbVS
— SPORTbible (@sportbible) March 1, 2023
Arsenal have a busy schedule up ahead. They will lock horns with Bournemouth FC at the Emirates on March 4, Saturday. After that, they take on Sporting in the first leg of the Europa League Round of 16 on March 9. Arsenal are very much active in both Premier League and Europa League.
Meanwhile, Arsenal have been instructed not to pay too much for a player Mikel Arteta is interested in. Recently, there were reports stating that Arsenal are very much interested in acquiring the services of West Ham captain Declan Rice in the upcoming summer transfer window.
Arsenal Transfer News: Arsenal informed not to pay too much for player Mikel Arteta is interested in
The potential value of the West Ham United midfielder Declan Rice is estimated at £100 million or £120 million. Meanwhile, a former England footballer by the name of Dean Ashton thinks otherwise. According to him, the West Ham captain is not worth that much amount. While speaking to TalkSport, the former West Ham footballer reckons that Declan Rice still has a mountain to climb in order to reach the levels of that kind of transfer fees.
For the record, Declan Rice was earlier linked with a move to the Gunners in the January transfer market. Ashton passed the comments following the Hammers’ defeat to Manchester United in the FA cup clash at Old Trafford recently. The Red Devils came through with flying colours as they defeated the Hammers by 3-1 in the fifth round.
Ashton further echoed that the West Ham captain Declan Rice is not worth £100 million in the first place. It literally means that according to him, the Gunners would be paying too much for the 24-year-old West Ham captain and England midfielder if they made up their mind to spend that much amount on him.
“The numbers being thrown around, about £100m, £120 million, I am sorry, he is a long, long, long way away from that,” the former West Ham striker added in a statement. Meanwhile, former Gunners midfielder Emmanuel Petit said, “I think that Declan Rice is struggling at West Ham, and does not have a good environment to adapt and improve. I’m also still a big fan of Mac Allister and Caicedo from Brighton since I first saw them play.” said Petit.
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