It's no wonder Arsenal and West Ham took so long to find common ground on Declan Rice — the new £105million man is the first player the Gunners have ever bought from their London rivals.
14 players have gone the other way from north to east London in the Premier League era, however, making it one of the most commonly trodden routes between clubs even though it has earned Arsenal only £12.7m back in fees.
Here, Mail Sport reveals each top-flight club’s favourite wells to return to since the Premier League began… and finds out which teams have been fleecing each other!
ARSENAL
Favourite club: CHELSEA (8 players signed, £100m)
William Gallas, Lassana Diarra, Yossi Benayoun (loan), Petr Cech, David Luiz, Willian, Jorginho, Kai Havertz.
ASTON VILLA
Favourite club: TOTTENHAM (9 players, £8.3m)
Colin Calderwood, David Ginola, Oyvind Leonhardsen, Wayne Routledge, Kyle Walker (loan), Jermaine Jenas (loan), Alan Hutton, Simon Dawkins (loan), Josh Onomah (loan).
BOURNEMOUTH
Favourite club: SOUTHAMPTON (19 players, £53,000)
Ian Andrews, Christer Warren, Neil Moss, Alan Blayney (loan), Scott McDonald (loan), Martin Cranie (loan), Matt Mills (loan), Andrew Surman (loan), Leon Best (loan), Simon Gillett (loan), David McGoldrick (loan), Adam Lallana (loan), Jake Thomson (loan), Ryan Doble (loan), Lee Barnard (loan), Danny Seaborne (loan), Artur Boruc, Shane Long (loan), Jack Stephens (loan).
BRENTFORD
Favourite club: READING (12 players, £0)
Anthony Rougier, John Salako, Lloyd Owusu, Paul Brooker, Ricky Newman, Simon Cox (loan), Ben Hamer (loan), John Halls, Alan Bennett, Mikkel Andersen (loan), Alex McCarthy (loan), Nicholas Bignall (loan).
BRIGHTON
Favourite club: CHELSEA (8 players, £8.4m)
Leon Knight, Alexis Nicholas, Liam Bridcutt, Fikayo Tomori (loan), Izzy Brown (loan), Tariq Lamptey, Levi Colwill (loan), Billy Gilmour.
BURNLEY
Favourite club: STOKE (15 players, £19.8m)
Adrian Heath, Kevin Russell, Vince Overson, Nigel Gleghorn, Ally Pickering, Ade Akinbiyi, Wayne Thomas, Gifton Noel-Williams, Leon Cort, Michael Kightly, Jonathan Walters, Phil Bardsley, Peter Crouch, Erik Pieters, Nathan Collins.
CHELSEA
Favourite club: BARCELONA (9 players, £89.6m)
Albert Ferrer, Winston Bogarde, Emmanuel Petit, Boudewijn Zenden, Juliano Belletti, Deco, Cesc Fabregas, Pedro, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
CRYSTAL PALACE
Favourite club: CHELSEA (10 players, £23.1m)
Damian Matthew, David Hopkin, Mikael Forssell (loan), Scott Sinclair (loan), Patrick Bamford (loan), Loic Remy (loan), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (loan), Michy Batshuayi (loan), Gary Cahill, Marc Guehi.
EVERTON
Favourite club: MANCHESTER UTD (11 players, £35.2m)
Andrei Kanchelskis, John O’Kane, Jesper Blomqvist, Phil Neville, Tim Howard, Louis Saha, Darron Gibson, Tom Cleverley, Morgan Schneiderlin, Wayne Rooney, Donny van de Beek (loan).
FULHAM
Favourite club: SOUTHAMPTON (14 players, £15.8m)
Martin Thomas, Rory Hamill, Terry Hurlock, Kevin Moore, Micky Adams, Christer Warren (loan), Alan Neilson, Maik Taylor, Luis Boa Morte, Antti Niemi, Chris Baird, Matt Targett (loan), Mario Lemina, Harrison Reed.
LIVERPOOL
Favourite club: SOUTHAMPTON (8 players, £185.3m)
Paul Jones, Peter Crouch, Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert, Dejan Lovren, Nathaniel Clyne, Sadio Mane, Virgil van Dijk.
LUTON
Favourite clubs: BARNSLEY (9 players, £4.7m)
Marlon Beresford, Simon Heslop (loan), Elliot Lee, Matty Pearson, George Moncur, Cauley Woodrow, Carlton Morris, Jack Walton, Mads Andersen.
MANCHESTER CITY
Favourite club: LEEDS (9 players, £60.4m)
David Rocastle, Paul Beesley, Richard Jobson, Danny Granville, Alf Inge Haaland, Darren Huckerby, Robbie Fowler, Danny Mills, Kalvin Phillips.
MANCHESTER UNITED
Favourite club: ASTON VILLA (5 players, £32m)
Les Sealey, Dwight Yorke, Mark Bosnich, Ashley Young, Tom Heaton.
NEWCASTLE
Favourite club: CHELSEA (8 players, £29m)
Laurent Charvet, Celestine Babayaro, Scott Parker, Damien Duff, Geremi, Patrick van Aanholt (loan), Christian Atsu, Kenedy (loan).
NOTTINGHAM FOREST
Favourite club: WOLVES (12 players, £29.7m)
Geoff Thomas, Dougie Freedman, Adam Proudlock (loan), Sammy Clingan, George Elokobi, Adlene Guedioura, Dorus de Vries, Joao Teixeira (loan), Leo Bonatini (loan), Rafa Mir (loan), Morgan Gibbs-White, Willy Boly.
SHEFFIELD UNITED
Favourite club: DERBY (15 players, £6.6m)
Paul Parker, Paul Simpson (loan), Paul McGrath, Jonathan Hunt, Rob Kozluk, Izale McLeod (loan), Jordan Stewart, Paul Connolly (loan), Chris Porter, Ben Davies, Paul Coutts, Kieron Freeman, Conor Sammon (loan), Jayden Bogle, Max Lowe.
TOTTENHAM
Favourite club: NEWCASTLE (7 players, £66.5m)
Kevin Scott, Ruel Fox, David Ginola, Les Ferdinand, Jermaine Jenas, Sebastien Bassong, Moussa Sissoko.
WEST HAM
Favourite club: ARSENAL (14 players, £12.7m)
John Hartson, Ian Wright, Omer Riza, Nigel Winterburn, Davor Suker, Rami Shaaban (loan), Jeremie Aliadiere (loan), Freddie Ljungberg, Henri Lansbury (loan), Manuel Almunia (loan), Marouane Chamakh (loan), Carl Jenkinson (loan), Jack Wilshere, Lucas Perez.
WOLVES
Favourite club: SUNDERLAND (13 players, £8.5m)
Don Goodman, Dariusz Kubicki, Paul Butler, Alex Rae, Jody Craddock, Joachim Bjorklund, Gary Breen, Neill Collins, Stephen Elliott, Carlos Edwards, Darren Ward, Greg Halford, Danny Graham.
Zaeilop
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my team have these young players
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Madrid on 🔝
subeercr7
3
my team have these young players
Mo-klassiq
1
That’s cos West Ham never had any player worthy to play for Arsenal👌🏾
ridblmpuz
2
That’s cos West Ham never had any player worthy to play for Arsenal
Eric_David
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Interesting. It seems Chelsea is a go-to Club in terms of players targeted by other Clubs. Southampton comes second. Practically, these 2 clubs produce good gems and are able to loan or sell them, so more money for the club. This way, the academy becomes mor profitable and sustainable.
JeffersonDOG00
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overpRICE.😂😂
JeffersonDOG00
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he's not even better than Thomas Partey.
Tadadpuy
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Hope he will not be the last 😂
sirsaeed
2
West ham are too stingy they received £100m from are Arsenal but they cannot pay £65m for Gallagher this is unfair🤣😂
VIKINGSB
1
Very greedy club yet der bid jst 30m for collwill,Mk den cum carry now but rest assured Chelsea will sign caicedo
Certainly! Chelsea will surely get their Man when time comes.
Vioabknopy
1
This Rice is even overpriced, I don't think he will give upto Arteta's expectations, season comes season goes.
praneetmessi
3
4 clubs have Chelsea as there favourite club, and Chelsea has Barcelona💙❤️
ChiloWest
3
I went to Arsenals training camp then I showed them this picture 🤩 everyone looked at rice 🤣🤣🤣 what does that mean 🙄
SMHellas
0
I don't believe Arsenal has never signed a West Ham player ever. This list is only the Premier League era, what happened before then?
tihbmostuz
0
the flop
Marcel147
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Brighton are so greedy!... imagine getting eight 🎱 players from Chelsea @ £8.4m, but can't give Chelsea the one player they asked for. INGRATE!.
Very greedy club yet der bid jst 30m for collwill,Mk den cum carry now but rest assured Chelsea will sign caicedo
VIKINGSB
4
Chelsea the best with good taste 🤞.
VIKINGSB
2
Brighton are so greedy!... imagine getting eight 🎱 players from Chelsea @ £8.4m, but can't give Chelsea the one player they asked for. INGRATE!.
VIKINGSB
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I guess READINGS is BRENTFORD'S Academy.
Mesbdelsuz
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please how much is rice now..?
Alikaliefofanah
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They have to use the rice to cook for Westham in the premier league Let the timber just blaze enough fire to cook the rice fast in every game he play for angrynal