Arsenal transfer news: West Ham have one final Declan Rice message after Leicester City defeat.
Declan Rice has been sent a defining message from the West Ham fans as he heads into a summer whereby he is expected to leave the club. With interested parties across the Premier League and Europe, the Hammers' skipper is entering his final 12 months at the London Stadium.
Rice once more captained his team as they fell to final day defeat away at Leicester but could yet cap off his time at the club with a European trophy. West Ham face Fiorentina next week in the Europa Conference League, a game that could be his last for the Hammers.
It isn't just fans that have found themselves somewhat resigned to losing their best player but manager David Moyes himself has also been honest in assessing the situation. We honestly hope he stays," he said earlier this month. "We'd love for him to be a West Ham player but we are aware that might not be the case at the end of the season.
"So that's one of the scenarios around planning. There are plans that we have Dec here but we're also fully aware there is a good chance we won't have him."
As he applauded the travelling fans at the King Power Stadium, staying on the pitch to soak in the affection, chants of 'one more year' could be heard echoing around the away section. It was, not for the first time, a final plea made to the player.
Although Arteta denied that it was set in stone, saying: "It's news for me." There still appears to be a potentially Rice-shaped gap emerging.
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