West Ham Chairman David Sullivan has said he is “99%” sure that club captain Declan Rice will leave the club this summer. Rice, 24, has been heavily linked with a move away from London Stadium, and Sullivan has stated that the club promised Rice last summer that if he gave his all, they would let him leave. Rice has played 245 games and scored 15 goals for West Ham since making his debut in the 2016-17 season. He has represented England 41 times, including playing in all five matches at the World Cup last year. Rice has one year left on his contract, although West Ham have the option to extend it until the summer of 2025.
Sullivan said he was “elated” by Wednesday’s Europa Conference League triumph over Fiorentina and that he never lost faith in manager David Moyes despite a difficult campaign that saw the club finish 14th in the Premier League. Rice was voted Uefa Conference League Player of the Year and was named in the Team of the Year alongside Alphonse Areola, Nayif Aguerd, Jarrod Bowen, Lucas Paqueta and Michail Antonio.
Former West Ham defender Julian Dicks said Rice’s departure would leave a void in midfield, while West Ham legend Trevor Brooking said: “Rice has been a leader and driven people on. The general feeling is he will move on, but what a way. He could have left earlier but, with the way it has ended, he couldn’t have asked for any more. When somebody leaves a club like that you usually think fans wont be happy, but he is such a credit to the club. We will wish him all the best.”
West Ham Chairman David Sullivan has said he is “99%” sure that club captain Declan Rice will leave the club this summer. The 24-year-old England midfielder has been heavily linked with a move away from London Stadium, and Sullivan has stated that the club promised Rice last summer that if he gave his all, they would let him leave. Rice has played 245 games and scored 15 goals for West Ham since making his debut in the 2016-17 season, and has represented England 41 times, including playing in all five matches at the World Cup last year. He has one year left on his contract, although West Ham have the option to extend it until the summer of 2025.
Sullivan said he was “elated” by Wednesday’s Europa Conference League triumph over Fiorentina and that he never lost faith in manager David Moyes despite a difficult campaign that saw the club finish 14th in the Premier League. Rice was voted Uefa Conference League Player of the Year and was named in the Team of the Year alongside Alphonse Areola, Nayif Aguerd, Jarrod Bowen, Lucas Paqueta and Michail Antonio.
Former West Ham defender Julian Dicks said Rice’s departure would leave a void in midfield, while West Ham legend Trevor Brooking said: “Rice has been a leader and driven people on. The general feeling is he will move on, but what a way. He could have left earlier but, with the way it has ended, he couldn’t have asked for any more. When somebody leaves a club like that you usually think fans wont be happy, but he is such a credit to the club. We will wish him all the best.”
West Ham Chairman David Sullivan has said he is “99%” sure that club captain Declan Rice will leave the club this summer. The 24-year-old England midfielder has been heavily linked with a move away from London Stadium, and Sullivan has stated that the club promised Rice last summer that if he gave his all, they would let him leave. Rice has played 245 games and scored 15 goals for West Ham since making his debut in the 2016-17 season, and has represented England 41 times, including playing in all five matches at the World Cup last year. He has one year left on his contract, although West Ham have the option to extend it until the summer of 2025.
Sullivan said he was “elated” by Wednesday’s Europa Conference League triumph over Fiorentina and that he never lost faith in manager David Moyes despite a difficult campaign that saw the club finish 14th in the Premier League. Rice became only the third West Ham captain to lift a trophy for the club, following in the footsteps of Bobby Moore and Billy Bonds. He was voted Uefa Conference League Player of the Year and was named in the Team of the Year alongside Alphonse Areola, Nayif Aguerd, Jarrod Bowen, Lucas Paqueta and Michail Antonio.
Former West Ham defender Julian Dicks said Rice’s departure would leave a void in midfield, while West Ham legend Trevor Brooking said: “Rice has been a leader and driven people on. The general feeling is he will move on, but what a way. He could have left earlier but, with the way it has ended, he couldn’t have asked for any more. When somebody leaves a club like that you usually think fans wont be happy, but he is such a credit to the club. We will wish him all the best.”