Things are really hotting up in the Declan Rice chase, and it can only be bad for Chelsea.
Firstly because we didn’t sign the midfielder when we had the chance. Summer after summer we let the chance to buy him slip, and would then suffer in the season when we realised we were a midfielder short.
Eventually we waited too long and now he’s well out of our price range. Arsenal seemed to have a deal sewn up, but David Ornstein is today reporting that Man City have swooped in with a bid that could match or exceed West Ham’s asking price.
The second reason it’s bad is because if Arsenal do get gazumped, their attentions will turn to Moises Caicedo, Chelsea’s main target. At the very least that will jack his price up even higher, and it will likely mean he goes for Champions League football with the Gunners anyway and we’re forced back to the drawing board in our endless hunt for a centre mid.