How Arsenal signed Declan Rice for £105m

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In the summer of 2023, Arsenal finally got their man, Declan Rice. Mikel Arteta, Arsenal and the rest of the club hierarchy had been after the former West Ham United captain for many transfer windows.
A British transfer record secured Rice’s services. But how did the transfer happen?
Jordan Campbell and Roshane Thomas explain, Craig Silcock illustrates.
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@tylerduke5859 9 ай бұрын

Hard not to like Rice as a person, seems like a genuine average guy but somehow never puts a foot wrong. While that seems like an awful lot of money for his footballing abilities, I wish him all the best as a human.

@williampotato1221 9 ай бұрын

Arsenal got their pants pulled down doing such a "deal". West ham & the agents both laughing their way to the bank 🤡.

@liesideways 9 ай бұрын

@@williampotato1221 city made two offers. Bayern reportedly had an interest too. Of course, you could act giga-brained and claim it was just to mess with Arsenal, which would also be pure conjecture.

@Azuraahh 9 ай бұрын

as a person? man changes nationalities like the weather

@jeffg.laxwell3276 9 ай бұрын

@@liesidewaysCity made a single bid and think he’s not worth more, Bayern ain’t paying £105m for a mildfielder,they ain’t even paying that for Kane who’s a world class striker.

@timszysteelz5907 9 ай бұрын

"Genuine Average Guy"😂

@rudymwaurah 9 ай бұрын

As an Arsenal fan, this next phase of the club's development both excites, and scares me. Cautiously optimistic.

@JS_246 9 ай бұрын

As an Arsenal fan, you're not one of us.

@MemesOfProduction69 9 ай бұрын

@@JS_246he's right. You don't have a stable midfield. You don't have a top class ST. Your defense has mistakes in it and you are already trying to upgrade between the posts because Ramsdale just isn't good enough.

@rudymwaurah 9 ай бұрын

@@JS_246 lol 😂 my sincerest apologies, Don Raul Kroenke.

@indubioproreo5 9 ай бұрын

@@MemesOfProduction69 how wrong could you be?

@keynesianeconomics4113 9 ай бұрын

@@MemesOfProduction69 Ramsdale is the most valuable keeper on the planet according to CEIS. He's a world class distributor. You're just upset that two top class keepers will be at Arsenal and that they're doing bits this window.

@BeneathTheHeadphones 9 ай бұрын

Depressed West Ham fan here. I honestly wish him the best but I can deny how difficult it was to see him go, even though it was on the card for months

@GuinessOriginal 9 ай бұрын

Think he handled it with class myself, and made sure the club was handsomely rewarded. Hopefully you’ll make some good investments with it

@Blueclues16 9 ай бұрын

It’s okay bro. I think every fan has to go through this atleast once. Mine, was seeing hazard leaving for real madrid. Fortunately for me, he wasn’t at his best in RM 🎉 kinda sad for him but kinda good for me atleast RM didnt get to taste the power of Hazard

@rsouchereau 9 ай бұрын

He’s a top guy off the pitch. Excited as an arsenal fan. Best of luck to the hammers 🤝

@HdHd-hp6qz 9 ай бұрын

Why you got 100 million for a player that’s worth 50 you should be dancing in the street.

@BeneathTheHeadphones 9 ай бұрын

@@HdHd-hp6qz I’ll dance in the street if we use it to buy someone decent, so far we’re just losing players

@tesfayegezhagne3257 9 ай бұрын

This guy is going to be an Arsenal captain. He's absolutely amazing. As a Chelsea fan I am so regretful

@Hourani95 9 ай бұрын

caicedo is 10x the player rice is. its just because hes english and was the captain of west ham he cost so much. lets hope chelsea secure caicedo.

@2rude307 9 ай бұрын

We already have Ødegaard as our captain

@Smellybridge99 9 ай бұрын

@@Hourani95 Wrong, but believe what you want.

@skrskrskrr5033 9 ай бұрын

@@Smellybridge99 i agree, he is wrond, caicedo is at least 20x the player rice is

@tomlever1494 9 ай бұрын

@@Hourani95different style of player hard to compare, they both have world class qualities

@Topolinho 9 ай бұрын

It makes me so happy to see that my beloved club is in such good hands. Arteta is so intelligent and is so passionate towards his work and towards Arsenal as a club. Win or lose i know that every single person in the club gave it their all.

@MrReese 9 ай бұрын

I think you missed that Bayern was also very interested in Rice and there were meetings between the parties, but Rice decided that he did not want to leave England or London for that matter.

@drunkenhobo8020 9 ай бұрын

Showing the usual ambition from a British footballer!

@user-ed7et3pb4o 9 ай бұрын

@@drunkenhobo8020or maybe he’s settled with very young kids and would prefer not to have the upheaval at this stage? You’re acting like most German players don’t play in Bundesliga, most Spanish in La Liga, most Italians in Serie A…all those nationalities tend to play in their home leagues and nobody ever says anything about it

@mujeebahmed7940 9 ай бұрын

As an Arsenal fan this was one of the most frustrating sagas I'd had to endure but im so glad we signed him.

@JS_246 9 ай бұрын

wut.... we signed him so early in the transfer window - there was barely any waiting, compared to previous seasons. Are you even an Arsenal fan?

@Billythetoaster2004 9 ай бұрын

@@JS_246they had their eyes on him for years.

@barneythepurpledinosaur7002 9 ай бұрын

As a West Ham fan I am eagerly awaiting Rice’s replacement

@radar5743 9 ай бұрын

it took 3 weeks, you're a child

@buujhu654 9 ай бұрын

You must not remeber the Higuain/Suarez summer. And that's just off the top of my head. There's been a lot more frustrating sagas over the years, this is not even close!

@thatfootyshirtguy1450 9 ай бұрын

Sounds like a modern day Roy Keane with less aggression. Box to box midfielder with great leadership qualities. A future Arsenal captain.

@tamaleronald96 9 ай бұрын

In the realm of English football, one cannot help but observe that certain players (mostly UK born) often receive undue adulation, and their valuations tend to soar beyond reason. Consequently, their careers become burdened with prematurely cultivated lofty expectations, ultimately leading to a lamentable decline before they even reach their prime.

@raketnight 9 ай бұрын

It's just because premier league teams have a home grown player rule

@user-ed7et3pb4o 9 ай бұрын

More that they tend to receive unnecessary hate just because of their nationalities and price tags, especially from the anti-England crowd that seize on every chance to mock them and call them overrated or overpriced, that puts on more pressure than anything else. Also why do you sound like you swallowed a thesaurus😂

@ramadhiee 9 ай бұрын

The fact that he showed up ( both in leadership + form ) , during the business end of the season for west ham shows the reason why arsenal and arteta in particular wanted him .,...

@kshitizjha 9 ай бұрын

Glad to have a video where I can not only see the visuals but also hear what TiFo have to say. If you know, you know.

@saltmerchant749 8 ай бұрын

You don't know how good Rice is until he's vital for your club.

@ashooaway 9 ай бұрын

Arsenal paid West Ham £105 million, they formalised a playing contract and then Rice transferred from West Ham to Arsenal

@gurjotsingh3726 9 ай бұрын

And that would just make a comment but they wanted a video for this week 😂

@bharasiva96 9 ай бұрын

True story. Haha

@kakskdjfnakodndn 9 ай бұрын

Must be desperate for content ffs, talking like it's the first transfer ever

@imconfused1237 9 ай бұрын

I’m laughing at those who still don’t believe that Tifo are paid by Arsenal to put content out. These KZfaq channels for leveraged to influence opinion. Only fools believe otherwise.

@EdgarHunk 9 ай бұрын

Bergkamp was and remains the biggest signing ever for Arsenal. His impact at the time and subsequent success took them to a completely different level on the world stage. Also, it’s the only reason Bruce Rioch is allowed a mention in their history.

@alpFiLa 9 ай бұрын

It's crazy signing average player for 105m e

@sugarsaint 9 ай бұрын

What did Arsenal do on this "world stage" ?? And I'd argue that half a dozen players from that era are just as important if not MORE so than Dennis even tho the Dutchman is my personal favourite

@shadibrahim1489 9 ай бұрын

Henry?

@gd2900 9 ай бұрын

@@alpFiLaWhat club do you support ?

@EdgarHunk 9 ай бұрын

@@shadibrahim1489 Henry turned out to actually be one of the most important signings for Arsenal, but he didn’t arrive with hype. In fact, look at some of the old news clippings when he arrived. Unproven Juve flop. The rest was history.

@Lptl 9 ай бұрын

I love this channel so much, its so informative and as an Arsenal fan myself I learn alot so thank you so much!

@davidiadeleke 9 ай бұрын

He seems like such a wonderful person. I wish him the best at Arsenal.

@12thMandalorian 9 ай бұрын

It was the drawing of the brain and heart holding hands that won Declan Rice over

@Hascienda27 9 ай бұрын

Gonna be interesting to see if he lives up to it, tbh i hope the kid does cause seeing Arsenal compete with City was just what the Prem Needed, even if it didn’t come off.

@aliukehinde3906 9 ай бұрын

Please make an episode on mikel obi transfer saga between man utd and chelsea in 2005,and what transpired.

@raymanLENG 9 ай бұрын

arsenal are so well run that even ppl don't realize that the club are actually stable financially

@Alphoric 9 ай бұрын

Definitely a future manager type of player

@nicolase7130 9 ай бұрын

As an Arsenal fan ive learned to never be confident but man this season im optimistic AF!!!

@honestarsenalfan7038 9 ай бұрын

It is so interesting to see how that midfield works

@BrianTheUnique 9 ай бұрын

I used to dream about times like this

@kthomas22 9 ай бұрын

Can’t actually describe how happy I am that he’s an Arsenal player. Finally making big transfers again. Until recently we’d have sat and watched him go to City, Liverpool, Chelsea etc and gone for a cheaper alternative who simply isn’t as good

@imconfused1237 9 ай бұрын

Arsenal spent £72m on Pepe.

@HdHd-hp6qz 9 ай бұрын

Rice isn’t a big transfer you just spent big on a good player at best.

@DanielUrrustieta-wb2sl 9 ай бұрын

Who voices these video I enjoy your videos and commentary

@geordiedog1749 9 ай бұрын

Football transfers have become like some intricate arms race!

@shamizil 9 ай бұрын

It's easy to forget Arsenal did also beat the likes of Manchester Utd and Bayern Munich to the signature of Declean Rice. He will undoubtedly transform Arsenal in the midfield this season!

@frankreynolds9930 9 ай бұрын

Easy to beat when you overpay.

@YongenX 9 ай бұрын

This channel is awesome.

@MitchWebb94 9 ай бұрын

A lot of leaders in this Arsenal side and a lot of young players too. Great mix and with Man City being a weaker side this season, could really be their year!

@thacrypt223 9 ай бұрын

What a classy dude.😎😎👌🏾

@darj617 9 ай бұрын

That's a nice parting gift from Rice to West Ham - 105 mil plus Europa League football. They should be hanging up his jersey from the rafters.

@Pikachu0071000CS 9 ай бұрын

Words!

@marcelanoryadi9110 9 ай бұрын

Rice is captain material . Good buy from Arteta

@JS_246 9 ай бұрын

It's one of the two isn't it? *"Good buy Arteta!"* OR *"Goodbye Arteta!"*

@marcelanoryadi9110 9 ай бұрын

@@JS_246 lol . Its a coin toss

@salecousin5470 9 ай бұрын

35-45 mil max for this kind of player ... arsenal was robbed hard

@alzer6467 4 ай бұрын

@@salecousin5470oh dear, you don't know ball...Declan Rice, what a baller

@shubhamupadhyay844 9 ай бұрын

Ah vocals finally!

@oeckstei Ай бұрын

It’s 3/25/24 and Rice is one of the best signings in Arsenals history since Patrick Vieira !!!!! Solid, more reliable injury wise than Partey, can take corner kicks, score goals and has legendary potential with Arsenal and England.

@oeckstei Ай бұрын

Arsenal aren’t just going for talent but also leadership qualities, personality and monster mentality.

@Never_Wr0ng 9 ай бұрын

Best #6 itw by this time next year

@danyosuna7276 9 ай бұрын

Rice is young, strong snd smart. He is "an Arsenal player". The fact arteta idendified him to be top priority makes me thing Arsenal will be competimg for everything in the next seasons.

@leobarnes4593 9 ай бұрын

Took a moment to find the right words for this vid, eh?

@shane-porter 9 ай бұрын

Surprised there (from my scan) weren’t any mentions of that from the video uploaded earlier today. It’s almost as if people comment immediately before watching the content. 🤔

@adammac.1342 9 ай бұрын

What happened?

@thztan7492 9 ай бұрын

Whats the diffrence with the previous one?

@raymondqiu8202 9 ай бұрын

Guys, the earlier one didn't have audio lmao

@CPB24421 9 ай бұрын

While everything in the video makes good sense, I also think the fact that both he and his long term girlfriend (and baby) are Greater London born and raised was important.

@francescoandreussi 9 ай бұрын

I was wondering if there was a new experimental format😅😂

@ulrichbrunner5957 9 ай бұрын

I hope he will rice and shine at Arsenal

@vishaldeka5298 9 ай бұрын

Is this a reupload? Why do I feel like I have seen this video before?

@CROSSNSHOOT 9 ай бұрын

Putting reinforced steel in the midfield is never a bad thing-how do you put a price on that?

@00dude3 9 ай бұрын

It's weird than a transaction over £100m having some due diligence is considered slow. That's a lot of money and obviously going to affect cash flow, of course it needs to be looked at from multiple parties before being made

@ayodejiawoyemi2556 5 ай бұрын

Tell us about caicedo to Chelsea crazy saga

@mufcok2148 9 ай бұрын

Next up: “How Steve bought a 10 pack of fish fingers from Aldi for £1.79”

@whufc-essex 9 ай бұрын

I hope he can adapt to being little fish in the ocean after being big fish in the pond, he's majestic though, so he should adapt. Future England captain !

@yeah_1261 9 ай бұрын

1:20 looks like a good midfield trio

@mat-rl6fv 9 ай бұрын

Think you've given the answer in the title

@charlesray9674 9 ай бұрын

I already know how Arsenal signed him: they offered a contract that no one else was willing to match. Arsenal wanted him. He liked what they represented. Easy peasy....

@TankJr. 9 ай бұрын

What happened at 05:29? - A remark pushed in the sentence? :D

@BDJ4mTex Ай бұрын

8 months later and this seems to be a bargain for a player who's always fit and one of the best.

@dazagib94 9 ай бұрын

*Tifo video ends*: "......THE ATHLE-"

@SBC2317 9 ай бұрын

I don't think we need a "how".. more than a "why"

@clementzzl5014 9 ай бұрын

The gunners fan expect a lot from RICE to do well and perform well. The big money signing made by Arteta and hoping RICE would do well and not flop. He needs to prove his worth that he is actually 105 mil player worth or not.

@powerplant. 9 ай бұрын

Being able to beat Man City to the transfer is a huge achievement for Arteta and shows that being detail-orientated is the way to take them on.

@Zyzzbrah69 9 ай бұрын

Honestly don't think they even wanted Rice tbh. Already have KdB, Silva, Kovacic, Rodri, Stones.

@harleyokeefe5193 9 ай бұрын

@@Zyzzbrah69you don’t in a bid for players you don’t want

@taliamason7986 9 ай бұрын

@@harleyokeefe5193 You do if you are one the best teams and want to screw over your rivals. City have done quite a few times especially to United when they forced them to go overboard on Harry Maguire and Alexis Sanchez.

@imconfused1237 9 ай бұрын

Warra trophy

@Bennett2142 9 ай бұрын

@@taliamason7986 The privilege of having an oil state fund you, as you are able to just casually bid 90+ mil for players who can help your rivals. Who says that Man City haven't cheated? they have a clear unfair advantage.

@AltairBernard 9 ай бұрын

Please make a video about Ki Klaksvik, they deserve it

@liesideways 9 ай бұрын

2:56 waffling

@simbarashegumbo4459 9 ай бұрын

Is there sound this time?

@bulelanibotman 9 ай бұрын

65 Million for Harvertz is crazy business!

@agungwidi799 9 ай бұрын

Brighton will push Chelsea to buy Caceido for the same price

@austinpowers969 9 ай бұрын

Tbh, i don’t think that Man City were actually going to get Rice but push the value up.

@kkfaerber 9 ай бұрын

It’s funny how when it’s arsenal, the add ins are added to the conversational cost of the player by the media but when it’s Liverpool, city, United or Chelsea, the media reports the transfer fees as perpetually lower every time they talk about them.

@therion451 9 ай бұрын

Its funny how u pretend to forget that when Haaland came despite the transfer fee, the media mostly talk about how big his salary and the agent fee were.

@kkfaerber 9 ай бұрын

@@therion451 haven’t forgotten at all. Funny how you’ve forgotten that city have over one hundred charges of breaches of financial fair play and bribed their way out of it before. Buying trophies and yet can’t fill a stadium.

@harshdeepsingh4612 9 ай бұрын

I thought the question should be why

@pi_hamilton 9 ай бұрын

Sure, 'outbid' Man City. City were never interested but wanted to drive up the price. Expect to see "but Arsenal paid £100m as well" as part their FFP charges 'defence'.

@PR-li3xm 9 ай бұрын

😂😂 Whenever u didn't get the player Say you weren't interested 😂😂

@zeeafraud7898 9 ай бұрын

we are fine w ffp, you are projecting

@Bennett2142 9 ай бұрын

We didn't outbid City, they just splashed some cash in hoping they could get the player. It just shows you what other clubs are up against, a limitless supply of state owned money which most people consider to be cheating, Chelsea aren't much different in getting Russian blood money.

@kondwanichiomba5411 9 ай бұрын

He could have signed for AI-Ronaldo''s team if the project wasn't self explainatory

@Ainlore 9 ай бұрын

Edu n arteta rizz

@liamlaidlerlaidler5638 2 ай бұрын

Fast forward 7 months and second option Jorginho has been an absolute bargain 😂

@eduardomarras4430 9 ай бұрын

Edu Gaspar is one of the best in the world right now. Such professionalism.

@welelaayney4959 9 ай бұрын

Hope he better not disappoint arteta then. 😭

@Rayzer786 9 ай бұрын

Aha the silent video has been updated 😂

@raynarksatriawibowo6688 9 ай бұрын

Even rice himself is amazed at how much arsenal overpayed him

@fayherculus8875 9 ай бұрын

Next season we will see either Arsenal's Rice or Chelsea's Enzo worth that 100M

@alzer6467 4 ай бұрын

Well, I think we know which one it is now.

@kalvinleogaviola8546 9 ай бұрын

So its going to be a 433 next season with rice, havertz, odegaard as the triangle. Interesting.

@dreambigparis Ай бұрын

Also havertz is playing well as the 9

@tomw1234 9 ай бұрын

They probably paid £105m which West Ham accepted I’d assume

@BourbonManRyan 9 ай бұрын

*A NEW CLUB TRANSFER RECORD*

@Sui_Generis0 9 ай бұрын

This is just reading out the athletic article

@TurtleFPL 9 ай бұрын

Odd title. He's a great player and all. But how they signed him is that they offered the most money and only had to compete with one other bid from one other team...

@MrTwat144 9 ай бұрын

did you watch it lol? The outlined in a presentation what his actual role would be and sold the role to him far better than other teams

@TurtleFPL 9 ай бұрын

@@MrTwat144 Yep. Did you read my comment? I said odd title. Not odd arguments in the video

@reganjordan5091 9 ай бұрын

@@TurtleFPLyeah but it’s just unnecessary to comment if you watch the video

@TurtleFPL 9 ай бұрын

@@reganjordan5091 I'd disagree

@limafc8565 9 ай бұрын

When Arsenal knock & we TRULY want you, It's different.

@theflameimperishable5408 9 ай бұрын

Mbappé should take Rice as a role model

@maxl.b.m.y.g.5918 9 ай бұрын

City just drove the price up on him

@ianbetts4435 9 ай бұрын

It's Arsenal's time.

@seandelap8587 9 ай бұрын

Time will tell whether Declan Rice is not just another flop its happened to so many players previously that its certainly a huge risk for Arsenal to spend such a transfer fee on the player just because a player starred at one club doesn't necessarily mean that they will do so when they take that next step up with a different club time will tell i guess whether Declan Rice is a hit or miss

@RebelWisdom 9 ай бұрын

lot of effort for not much result

@ukm_shadowzz2160 9 ай бұрын

Rice is definetly an upgrade to xhaka but we'll see how arsenal do next season

@demarwhite6696 9 ай бұрын

🔥🔥🔥

@bm63 9 ай бұрын

Too be fair they never technically outbid Man City, just that City thought he wasn’t worth that much and so they walked away

@shahnizar89 4 ай бұрын

we must thank city.. 😂😂

@AnkitKshatriya 9 ай бұрын

The question is not How...it is why

@M1d32 9 ай бұрын

The away kit would actually look great if it was black and yellow and not neon vomit green.

@justsomeguywhosimpsforcory5497 9 ай бұрын

Man city probably wanted rice but when they saw west ham playing hard ball and arsenal wanted him as well they drove up the price and then pulled out after it was so high

@OGFulir 9 ай бұрын

I got this, fam. One day Arsenal offered less than 105 mil. West Ham rejected. Another day Arsenal offered 105 mil. West Ham accepted. There you have it homeboy, the full breakdown.

@MickDarcy 9 ай бұрын

What's 'fam' mean?

@OGFulir 9 ай бұрын

@@MickDarcy the clicque, the posse, the north london massive, innit?

@MickDarcy 9 ай бұрын

@@OGFulir You don't know even where London is chump without Googling it ya merchant

@badouceesay4468 9 ай бұрын

He better not flop

@h0ndesohn708 9 ай бұрын

Incredibly overpriced. Hes a good player with great potential, but 105 mil? Come on lmao

@R.MadridMessi-Cr7Barca 9 ай бұрын

Thanks to West ham FC winning the conference league.. victory in the final considerably increased his value...

@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere 9 ай бұрын

@@R.MadridMessi-Cr7Barca he was pretty anonymous in that final too, one of west hams worst players on the night

@Bennett2142 9 ай бұрын

@@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere Yet he captained the side and lifted the trophy, you can't perform 9/10 or 10/10 every game.

@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere 9 ай бұрын

@@Bennett2142 so? On the night he was poor. I'm not suggesting he is always poor I'm just pointing out he had a bad final. If you want, I can balance that criticism with how good he was when we beat Germany at euro 21, made overrated darlings Goretzka and Kimmich look like mugs