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#WHUFC have now accepted #AFC payment structure on record £100m + £5m fee. 24yo England midfielder given permission to do medical & finalise personal terms @TheAthleticFC https://theathletic.com/4648727/2023/07/04/declan-rice-arsenal-medical/

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[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lokonga's almost certainly gone too.

As it stands, our starting central midfield will be:

Havertz - Rice - Odegaard

With backups being:

Smith Rowe - Jorginho / Elneny - Vieira

Probably still need at least one other midfielder. I know Lokonga wasn't playing last season so good departure should be a net zero loss. But we now have CL and need more able bodies. And of our backups, Smith Rowe has been struggling with injuries, Elneny is past his prime and not competing for a starting place, and Vieira still seems to be struggling with the pace of the game every other match.

[–] thegenesis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] FlayOtters@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

He wants to leave and I don't think Arsenal are going to stop him.

Juve and a Saudi Arabian club are the rumoured interested parties.