MANCHESTER CITY have pulled out of the race to sign West Ham captain Declan Rice.
This comes after Arsenal lodged a £100million with £5million in add-ons bid for the Hammers star.
Declan Rice looks set to join Arsenal
Man City had made an offer for the England midfielder last week worth £90m including add-ons.
But West Ham stood firm, demanding at least £100m for the 24-year-old.
However, SunSport understands that City are now not willing to match Arsenal’s latest offer and are out of the race.
The Gunners are now negotiating over the structure of the deal with West Ham wanting a large sum of the money paid up-front.
Arsenal had two previous bids rejected by Irons.
Rice always preferred a move across London as he wants to stay in his home city and has been convinced on the team’s project by boss Mikel Arteta.
The England midfielder has been at West Ham his entire senior career.
He has played 245 times for the club, scoring 15 goals.
Rice leaves with legendary status after helping fire David Moyes’ men to Conference League glory last season.
West Ham had a gentlemen’s agreement in place with him going into the transfer window, promising he would be allowed to go this summer.
Bayern Munich were initially in the mix but Rice was not interested as he wanted to stay in the Premier League.
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