The prolonged holdup in completing Declan Rice’s much-anticipated move to Arsenal is driving West Ham mad.
According to a Sky Sports report, the Hammers board is becoming anxious since Arsenal still needs to provide legal paperwork to seal the transaction.
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The formal announcement is still coming, despite a sizeable cost of £105 million ($132m) being agreed upon eight days ago, making it the most important Premier League deal of the summer.
The issue is a holdup in the legal department of Arsenal putting together the necessary paperwork.
It is reasonable that West Ham is keen to get the papers signed and completed since the transaction has been well-known in football circles for weeks. This will enable them to go forward with their transfer activity.
In order to be ready to join up with his new teammates eventually, Rice has passed his physical and is presently on vacation in Portugal.
Everyone concerned will hope that the legal team can resolve their differences in time for Rice to board the aircraft for Arsenal’s next preseason tour of the United States, which will be underway next week.
