It's been no secret for sometime now that Declan Rice is a top talent the country's best
teams are trying their best to get hands on. For a period of time, Manchester City seemed
best poised, and in position to pay West Ham United's asking price. That deal however, did
not go through and City signed Jack Grealish for the same kind of money in the summer of
2021.

Now, with two seasons remaining on his contract Rice may possibly want to leave the
Hammers in pursuit of Champions League football. David Moyes' team have done incredibly
well this season, particularly in the Europa league bug Rice wouldn't be to blame if he does
decide to make a move to a team that plays consistent Champions League football and
competes for the top spots in the Premier league.

"The first thing to say is that he is not for sale," Moyes told his pre-match press conference
ahead of his side's clash with Everton. "But if you are interested, it will be north of that,
because £100m ($131m) was cheap last summer and £150m just now would be minimum -
but he is not for sale."

The defensive midfielder has been right at the heart of West Ham's success this campaign,
even playing centre-back on occasion.

"I look at what Tottenham did with Harry Kane, albeit it in a different way. They said, 'no,
there is a price and if someone wants to pay the price, then we'd probably do it. If they don't
then he's not going anywhere'. That's it, they have kept him.