PL rivals likely to demand transfer fee in excess of £100m for England star

West Ham want £100m for Chelsea -linked Declan Rice

According to Sports Lens (h/t Football.london), West Ham are said to be looking for an offer of more than £100m for Chelsea-linked Declan Rice. talkSPORT host Jim White is said to be in talks with West Ham co-chairman David Sullivan regarding the whole Declan Rice issue.

White spoke about what value Sullivan is likely to demand for the English star making waves at West Ham over the last few seasons.

“David Sullivan has already told me it’s got to be north of £100 million or they won’t entertain it. We’ll wait and see what happens with that.”

Rice has been a target for the Blues since the start of this season and it was said that then manager Frank Lampard was especially keen on bringing Rice back to Chelsea, where he was once an academy player.

However, after Lampard’s sacking, it was expected that interest in Rice would drop from the Blues since Lampard was one of the main people who wanted to sign him. It even caused disagreements between Lampard and the board.

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Now with Thomas Tuchel at the helm, as expected, interest in the West Ham midfielder has mellowed down a bit. The club are likely to push for other targets which does not include Rice. Also with £100m or more being asked, Chelsea might just think twice before going for him.