When David Moyes arrived at the London Stadium for the second time he quickly confirmed that the club's prime assets were not immune from being sold, he went on to detail how the sales of Wayne Rooney and Romelu Lukaku went on to fund his previous club Everton's development for their future. His comments were quickly demoted by the club's official site as they instantly realised that the mass of sentiment against such a statement was so overwhelmingly negative that it was 'statement too far' that needed to be saved for the back burner, at least for that time.
Realistically West Ham United's only real 'jewel in the crown' is Declan Rice, however his value has plummeted due to the fiscal impact of the Covid-19 pandemic from around £100 Million to £60 Million, still storng money but a foolish loss to take in the long run, think of them what you wish, but neither David Sullivan nor the ageing David Gold and his daughters are ant one's fools when it comes to business, and selling the club's prime asset at 40% of the real market value would be extremely foolish, things and value will return, possibly thrive so it would make no sense to sell Declan Rice in the current climate, however it is a question of when not if Rice eventually leaves West Ham to go to a 'bigger club', the days of a one player one club have long gone.
Recently, having ensured Barclays Premier League survival for the second time, David Moyes inadvertently succumbed to the loose lips sink ships syndrome by reiterating how 'key' players will need to be sold in the future in order to progress, and if reports are to believed he IS envisaging a time in the not too distant future when the club will sell Rice. Trust us, having a pet site like C&H helps the owners drip feed info, and they are doing exactly that by ressurecting past Moyes comments regarding the sale of Rice.
So essentially fans have no need for instant panic, but they will need to accept the fact that Rice will eventually go, with saddened heart, to the highest bidder. - ED
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They went "to fund his
They went "to fund his previous club Everton " ,yeah we all know how that turned out ,probably the most boring, stay mid table side in the prem ,Rice is just to big a hole to fill
Of course he will be sold
This transfer window no of course not but as soon as a big money offer comes in he will go....worried about that? not really we have seen so many top players leave us and fulfill there ambitions elsewhere why think this will be any different....we have owners that come out with a lot of speel about being top 6 and trying to achieve champions league football but its all nonsense unless you keep spending(spending right of course not a scatter gun approach)in the premier league you start to tread water very fast....and a final point if i may is that whatever player you have they are always one tackle away from a career ending injury each week so if an offer of £70/80 million came in well of course you take it whether you like it or not.