Declan Rice will leave in the summer with club’s best wishes, especially if they win their first European trophy for 58 years
final on Wednesday and the 24-year-old would cement his place as a club legend. He would not have the longevity of Moore, who led Ron Greenwood’s side that defeated 1860 Munich 2-0 in the Cup Winners’ Cup final in 1965, but that was a different time. The simple fact is that Rice would have achieved more than any player in claret and blue since the 1980 FA Cup final, when Billy Bonds captained the team and Trevor Brooking’s header helped John Lyall’s Division Two side shock Arsenal.
last season without him. He is a transformative presence and those who know Rice say he refused to let his final season end in relegation.Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images His professionalism explains why nobody will be angry when the England international leaves. West Ham have to be realistic. Rice’s contract expires next summer, with a club option of an extra year, and he has no intention of signing an extension. “I want to play in the Champions League,”last year. Candidates for West Ham’s new director of football role have been told Rice is going.
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