Closer to United than Arsenal! Declan Rice trains with Bruno Fernandes and Rafael Leao in Portugal as the midfielder is left STILL waiting on £105m move to the Emirates, 10 days after the deal was agreed
Declan Rice has continued his pre-season training – alongside Manchester United‘s Bruno Fernandes.
West Ham captain Rice, 24, is poised to imminently complete a club-record and British-record £105million move, worth £100m up front and £5m in add-ons, to Arsenal.
Mail Sport reported on Wednesday that the Hammers are becoming increasingly frustrated with delays over the deal as Gunners lawyers continue to draw up paperwork for the move.
But the defensive midfielder is seemingly trying to block out the uncertainty over his future as he keeps working hard to reach top fitness in Portugal.
Rice posted pictures of himself training alongside United midfielder Bruno Fernandes and his Portugal team-mate Rafael Leao of AC Milan at luxury sports complex The Campus, in Quinta do Lago in the Algarve region.
Declan Rice (right) continued his pre-season training alongside Man United’s Bruno Fernandes
West Ham captain Rice also got down to work alongside AC Milan and Portugal’s Rafael Leao
The 24-year-old is set to imminently complete a £105million move from West Ham to Arsenal – though the Hammers are reportedly frustrated with the delay in rubber-stamping the transfer
The six snaps on his Instagram page, which has 2.3m followers, have been liked nearly 306,000 times at the time of writing.
The images show Rice running forwards with Fernandes watching on in the background, smiling as he sits on a drinks cooler box with Leao, striking a volley, passing a ball in between two dummies and crouched down on his haunches.
England star Rice then lays on the ground alongside the Portuguese pair and a fourth player as they rested after their exertions in the summer heat. His decision to train with Fernandes may come as a surprise to fans given the rivalry between Arsenal and the Red Devils.
On Tuesday, Rice began his preparations for the new season as Arsenal fans continue to wait for his move from West Ham to become official.
The switch is set to happen in the very near future but the north London side are yet to formally announce it despite manager Mikel Arteta wanting him to travel on their pre-season tour of the USA.
That tour begins next week and Rice has now kickstarted his own pre-season training after enjoying a well-earned break.
‘Back at it’, he wrote as he shared a series of pictures of himself working out at The Campus, which show him jogging and lifting weights as well as being clearly exhausted come the end of the session.
The Englishman knows the complex well having spent time there with West Ham just six weeks ago before the Europa Conference League final.
Declan Rice got his pre-season preparations underway at the sports complex in Portugal
The defensive midfielder said he was ‘back at it’ as he got to work in the Algarve on Tuesday
Rice lifted weights (pictured) and was seen jogging as he returned to work after his holidays
