After Liverpool beat Everton 2-0, City's lead in the Premier League table was just one point. And their Champions League four battle with Real Madrid is about to kick off. However, this does not affect the Blue Moon Army's precautions for next season. On April 25, Matt Law, a well-known reporter of the British Daily Telegraph, exclusively revealed that after basically getting Haaland, Manchester City began to seriously consider the introduction of West Ham United back Rice, and the ambition could not be hidden.
In last weekend's Premier League round 34, City beat Watford 5-1 to continue leading the table, with defender Rodri scoring the team's third goal. This season, he was an absolute workhorse at the back of Manchester City and did not suddenly fall into a slump like the second half of last season, which is a comforting thing. However, ahead of The Second Leg of the Champions League Quarter-Finals against Atletico, Manchester City captain Fernandinho announced that he would be leaving the team at the end of the season as Rodri's only legitimate substitute, and The departure of Fei Bird means that City must make reinforcements at the back, and Rice is one of The Best Options for Manchester City.
Derrick Rice is only 23 years old, but he is already the absolute main back of the England national team, he has excellent physical fitness and super defensive interception ability, but also has a certain offensive ability, in West Ham United, he is an indispensable offensive and defensive conversion hub. If he joins Manchester City, his combination with Rodri is enough to ensure that City will be worry-free in the next 10 years.
Of course, Rice's value is not low, it can even be said to be very high. His contract expires in the summer of 2024 and West Ham don't want to let go of the promising young international, but rather want to complete a contract extension with him. However, their offer to renew their contract has been rejected by Rice for three consecutive times, with manager Moyes claiming he wants a higher salary, but Rice saying he just wants to play in the Champions League and win the trophy. However, now that West Ham United have reached the top 4 of the Europa League, if they finally win the championship, they can get the right to participate in next season's Champions League, which will have both the Champions League and the championship, and Rice will have no reason to leave for the time being. And if you want to ask for his team, you have to pay a bigger price. West Ham is said to have a psychological price of as high as £150 million. It's easy to remind City of the british star Harry Kane, who struggled to buy last summer.
City love Rice but will not meet West Ham's super-high asking price as it doesn't fit their signing strategy. Guardiola prefers to buy some semi-finished products with good potential and then step by step to develop into a first-class player, with the exception of Glalis, who was £100 million last summer, but it is more like a "buy a horse bone" move after missing Kane, and the symbolism is greater than the role of the player.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that it is not only Manchester City that is interested in Rice, manchester United and the Blues Chelsea of the same city are looking at him, of course, Chelsea is now unable to take care of themselves, the player's contract extension can not be determined, and Rice can only naturally do it. But Manchester United are different, they have both needs and funds, and they are the big enemies of Manchester City.
However, Manchester United, which is destined to be empty this season, must pay a higher price if they want to sign Rice, after all, in terms of champions, they cannot be compared with their opponents in the same city. That makes you think of something, of course, the 2017/18 winter window two-team battle for Chilean thigh Sanchez. Alexis Sanchez had already made up his mind to join with Guardiola to attack the Champions League, but Manchester United offered a salary of 500,000 pounds for the first week of the Premier League, which made Sanchez, who was about to stand at the time, unable to refuse, of course, he also became a big burden that Manchester United once could not shake off.
And this time, Man lenovo signed Rice, or rely on the pound to open the way, and Manchester City will be light and light to hide aside to watch the hilarity, occasionally jump out to raise a price to enjoy, let Manchester United continue to pay money, is not beautiful.