{"id":1106176,"date":"2019-09-13T10:51:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T09:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1106176"},"modified":"2019-09-13T10:51:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T09:51:00","slug":"declan-rice-spark-transfer-battle-chelsea-man-utd-man-city-cottee","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/declan-rice-spark-transfer-battle-chelsea-man-utd-man-city-cottee\/","title":{"rendered":"Declan Rice could spark a transfer battle between Chelsea, Man Utd and Man City, says Tony Cottee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>West Ham midfielder Declan Rice could spark a three-way transfer battle between Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City, according to the club&#8217;s former striker Tony Cottee.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old&#8217;s form over the past 12 months has drawn admiring glances from a number of the Premier League&#8217;s top sides and earned him his first senior caps for England, having switched allegiance from Republic of Ireland.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Could Rice move to a &#8220;Big Six&#8221; club? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Rice completed more passes (1,312) than any other West Ham player in the Premier League last term.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/man-utd-transfer-news-midfield-16899033?_ga=2.238406848.1348069871.1568281144-935399338.1564220085\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reports<\/a> say United are still interested in signing Rice despite missing out in the summer.<\/li>\n<li>This comes after Manuel Pellegrini <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2019\/mar\/28\/declan-rice-west-ham-manuel-pellegrini\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Rice is &#8220;available at a price&#8221; back in March.<\/li>\n<li>But Cottee believes Man City and Chelsea could also enter the race.<\/li>\n<li>Rice is a boyhood Chelsea fan, and started at their academy, but would likely have to wait until next summer for that move.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7367517-de-bruyne-is-on-course-to-break-henry-s-most-impressive-premier-league-record\/embed\/v4?image_option=fullsq\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>United failed in their search for a deep-lying midfielder in the summer but it is thought Rice remains one of their long-term targets, although Cottee believes they won&#8217;t be the only club chasing his signature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do like him [Rice] as a centre-back. I think he will end up there,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/news\/man-utd-city-would-want-rice-west-ham-legend-sees-chelsea\/hmx3cz6vms0i1tslxmodg0gp1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> talkSPORT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat&#8217;s what you are buying. You&#8217;re buying a holding midfielder player, but you are also buying a player that can play centre-half in a back four and in a back three as well. So, you are getting a really, really top player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am sure Manchester United would want him. I am sure Manchester City would want him in that holding role, though they have just bought Rodri.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1106002\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/manchester-united-january-transfers-midfield#kDgAHwUF0w5KSrcj.99\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1106002\" class=\"wp-image-1106002 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/11174536\/manchester-united-midfield-makeover-featured.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/11174536\/manchester-united-midfield-makeover-featured.png 1920w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/11174536\/manchester-united-midfield-makeover-featured-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/11174536\/manchester-united-midfield-makeover-featured-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/11174536\/manchester-united-midfield-makeover-featured-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/11174536\/manchester-united-midfield-makeover-featured-66x37.png 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/11174536\/manchester-united-midfield-makeover-featured-620x350.png 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/11174536\/manchester-united-midfield-makeover-featured-940x530.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1106002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/manchester-united-january-transfers-midfield#kDgAHwUF0w5KSrcj.99\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Man Utd midfield set for January makeover? Dream and realistic options for both problem positions<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cOf course, let&#8217;s not forget, he did grow up as a Chelsea fan. Maybe once their embargo [is lifted], they&#8217;ll be looking as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are many, many teams that will be interested in Dec, but I want him to stay at West Ham. And to do that they need to win [a]\u00a0cup or get into Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Cottee: Phil Foden must leave Man City<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>While Cottee believes Rice could attract interest from Man City, the former striker went on to urge Phil Foden to engineer a way out of the Etihad Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Foden is regarded as one of the most talented English players of his generation and is thought to be highly regarded by manager Pep Guardiola.<\/p>\n<p>But the 19-year-old has featured in just 10 minutes of football for City so far this season, while only three of his 13 Premier League appearances in 2018\/19 came from the start.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1078592\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/03\/06113253\/phil-foden.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/03\/06113253\/phil-foden.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/03\/06113253\/phil-foden-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/03\/06113253\/phil-foden-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/03\/06113253\/phil-foden-66x44.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And Cottee believes that, if he&#8217;s not getting game time in Manchester, Foden should be looking for a loan move away from the club in order to gain first-team experience.<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/600002\/phil-foden-leave-manchester-city-loan-tony-cottee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019m really frustrated with Phil Foden. He is an unbelievable, outstanding young footballer but he\u2019s got to play!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re sitting on the bench, yes people will say he\u2019s training with the first team, but it\u2019s not the same as playing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to get the game time and experience. He needs to play. This is a big season for him, and he\u2019s not playing!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I was Phil Foden, I would be banging on that door every single week and saying, \u2018I want to play and if you\u2019re not going to play me, I\u2019m going out on loan\u2019.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Ham midfielder Declan Rice could spark a three-way transfer battle between Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City, according to the club&#8217;s former striker Tony Cottee. 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