Rice donates to GoFundMe campaign for 14-year-old goalkeeper fighting cancer

Declan Rice has donated £5,000 to a GoFundMe campaign for a West Ham Under-15 goalkeeper who is fighting cancer.

Rice, a former Hammers youth player himself, made 245 senior appearances for West Ham before signing for Arsenal in July 2023.

14-year-old Oscar Fairs, who has been with West Ham since the age of nine, was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour last year.

As reported by Rising Ballers, Fairs is a season-ticket holder at West Ham who has ambitions of reaching the first-team.

Fairs has undergone seven surgeries, one round of chemotherapy and one round of radiotherapy but was told that Palliative care was the only option.

Fairs' family have found a treatment called MEMMAT which isn't available in the UK, but can be provided at a facility in France called The Oscar Lembert Center.

Over £60,000 has been raised so far, with an intended target of £100,000.

Fairs' family are due to have a meeting with the French oncologist on Friday during which his treatment plan will be discussed.