West Ham is insisting on £100m for Declan Rice shows that English players are absolutely overpriced the club wanted to cash out from his sale, Man City offered £80m with £70m instant payment yet that offer was rejected by West Ham the offer is even better than that of Arsenal who offered £75m payment in four instalments, though Arsenal is will launch their third bid any moment from now personally I think whichever club between Arsenal and Man City that eventually sign him must have had taken a gamble because he didn't worth that value beside there are quality and better midfielders whose worth is less that of Declan Rice yet can offer better or equal service on the field of play.
This is a big profit opportunity for West Ham, the offer submitted by Arsenal has been rejected and now Manchester City are starting to move in this hunt by submitting an offer of 80 million euros, the nominal is far above what Arsenal has to offer. At first I thought Manchester City would win this race, in the end I didn't expect West Ham to still reject an offer worth 80 million euros from Manchester City. I heard that even though Arsenal have failed twice in this bid, they will not give up because Declan Rice is the main target and Arteta's squad will again make a new offer with a bigger nominal. I think Arsenal will be the winner in this hunt because I see that Arteta really needs Rice's presence to strengthen the team in the Premier League next season. Besides that, if in the end West Ham still rejects offers from Arsenal and Manchester City, I don't think there's any point in continuing to chase them. I agree with you, it's better to find another alternative that at least is not far from Declan Rice's quality.