'It's come down already!'
with West Ham for the England international just over a month ago, with the fee representing a club-record deal while the total package will exceed the British-record £100m Manchester City spent on Jack Grealish if various add-ons are achieved.last week, beating off competition from Liverpool to secure a £115m deal – which sets a new Premier League transfer record., has already seen his mammoth transfer fee put in the shade by Caicedo but he can see the funny side.
When the Ecuadorian’s record move – which eclipsed his own price tag – was brought up, Rice burst out laughing and told Sky Sports: ‘I had it up on the wall for two weeks! It’s come down already!’, giving away a late penalty against Rice’s old club West Ham on Sunday, the England star was in fine form at Selhurst Park and says he was partly motivated by a desire to show he was worth the money Arsenal paid.
He continued: ‘Before the game tonight, I was on the way to the game and I just thought, “Just go out there and have it tonight, try and put on a show”.‘Even in the warm up I just felt an energy that I wanted to go out there and perform. I was just really up for it, to be honest with you. ‘Only two games in, obviously there’s so much talk about the price tag and me playing for Arsenal, and I want to keep proving people wrong, keep proving that I can play at the top and keep putting in top performances.
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