West Ham have immediately rejected Manchester City’s £90 million bid for Declan Rice.

Sky Sports News reported on Monday night the Premier League champions had offered £80m up front plus £10m in add-ons for the England midfielder but the bid is short of West Ham’s valuation.

Arsenal are still pushing to sign Rice and remain in talks with the Hammers, who are expecting their London rivals to return with a third bid after having two previous offers rejected.

Arsenal turned down

Arsenal had a club-record £90m bid – comprising a £75m fee and £15m in add-ons – turned down by their London rivals earlier this month after their opening offer thought to be worth £80m plus add-ons was also rejected.

Work now continues behind the scenes at the north London club over a new package. It is understood Arsenal are working to their own plan and any further bid will not be in response to what City are doing.

Rice will leave West Ham in the close season after the midfielder captained the club to their first European trophy in 58 years.

Hammers chairman David Sullivan said a gentleman’s agreement means Rice can leave despite a year remaining on his contract, with the option to extend it by a further 12 months.

Rice joined West Ham’s academy from Chelsea as a teenager and has been ever-present since his breakthrough season in 2017-18. He took over the captaincy after Mark Noble’s retirement last year.

Rice games

The 24-year-old played 50 games in all competitions last season as West Ham finished 14th in the Premier League, before clinching the Europa Conference League in Prague.

Rice has played more than 200 games for West Ham and also earned 41 caps for England since his international debut in 2019.