West Ham splash Declan Rice cash on Man Utd FLOP

Carlo Garganese

• 29 Jun 2023 11:45 BST
• 3 min read

West Ham are planning to splash a chunk of the Declan Rice cash on Manchester United flop Harry Maguire, according to the Daily Mirror.

The Hammers are in the process of selling their star man to Arsenal for a club record and British record transfer fee of £100 million plus £5m in add-ons.

This will prompt something of a spending spree, according to the Mirror.

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In addition to signing a direct replacement - with the likes of Amadou Onana,Kalvin Phillips, James Ward-Prowse, Joao Palhinha and Denis Zakaria all options - West Ham will also strengthen in other positions.

And the top target in defence is Maguire.

This is a transfer that could suit all parties as West Ham need a centre back, Man Utd want to sell the Englishman, while Maguire desires to leave for first-team football.

Maguire wants to leave Man Utd

Maguire has endured two miserable past seasons for Man Utd.

After an error-prone 2021-22 season, he lost his place in the first team during the past campaign as Erik Ten Hag preferred Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martinez as his centre back pairing.

When Maguire has played he has often struggled, including two huge errors in the Europa League quarter-final defeat to Sevilla.

Maguire dropped to fifth choice in the centre back pecking order at United towards the end of last season, with left-back Luke Shaw even preferred to him when Martinez and Varane were out.

The 30-year-old wants to leave in order to protect his position for the England national team ahead of Euro 2024.

Maguire joined Man Utd from Leicester in a world record deal for a defender in 2019. He has made 175 appearances and scored seven goals.