Arsenal and West Ham finally reach TOTAL agreement on Declan Rice deal

Arsenal and West Ham have finally hashed out a deal for Declan Rice, with the clubs coming to total agreement on the payment structure for the midfielder.

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After lengthy negotiations, a deal worth £100m, plus £5m in add-ons was agreed last week, but there were further discussions over the structure of the initial amount.

The Athletic report that both clubs are now happy and West Ham have given their captain permission to finalise personal terms with the Gunners and undergo a medical.

There is not expected to be any issue on either of those fronts, meaning the 24-year-old will become an Arsenal player in the coming days.

While it has been expected that Rice would become an Arsenal player this summer for some time, negotiations have not been entirely straight forward.

The Gunners tried to get the England star for less than the astronomical £105m they have eventually agreed, while Manchester City tried to gazump their move as they matched their lower bid of £90m.

However, a deal has been struck and Arsenal will smash their transfer record for the 43-cap England star.

The Gunners have their first pre-season friendly on 13 July against Nurnberg, followed by meetings with MLS All-Stars, Manchester United, Barcelona and Monaco. Mikel Arteta will hope to have Rice involved as early as possible in that schedule as he intorgrates him into his new-look team.

Kai Havertz has already arrived at Arsenal this summer, signing from Chelsea, and the German is expected to play alongside Rice in a very different midfield to the one that took the Gunners to finishing second in the Premier League last season.

Granit Xhaka is set to leave for Bayer Leverkusen in a deal worth around £21.5m, while Thomas Partey’s future at the club is uncertain, with The Telegraph reporting that a number of clubs are interested in the former Atletico Madrid man.

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