Arsenal have finally announced the transfer of Declan Rice from West Ham for a club-record fee of £105m.
Rice, who has signed a long-term contract at Arsenal where he will wear the number 41 shirt, brings a decade-long spell at West Ham to an end, rising from a youth-team player to club captain.
The deal eclipses the £72m Arsenal paid for Nicolas Pepe from Lille in 2019, while it is also a record transfer fee between two British clubs.
But Rice’s signing is just short of the British record transfer fee with Chelsea paying £106.8m for midfielder Enzo Fernandez from Benfica in January.
He made 245 appearances for the Hammers after making his first-team debut in 2017 and his final game for the club saw him lift West Ham’s first trophy in 43 years by winning the Europa Conference League final.