Declan Rice transfer clause Arsenal may regret amid West Ham Premier League title race incentive

Arsenal go into the final few weeks of the season knowing that the title race is out of their hands and that they are reliant on Manchester City to drop points in the remaining four games they have left to play. Pep Guardiola knows that wins over Wolves, Fulham, Tottenham and West Ham will win them the title.

Meanwhile, the Gunners have just three games left and likely have to win all three to have any hope of lifting a title for the first time in twenty years. However, the final game of City’s campaign, at home to the Hammers, has been speculated about by some Arsenal fans as having an additional incentive for the visitors.

As the season comes to a close, teams in mid-table have very little to fight for as European places become impossible to reach whilst the threat of relegation has been avoided. West Ham currently sit eighth in the table, four points off seventh which will become a UEFA Europa Conference League qualification spot.

The likelihood is that David Moyes' side will indeed have nothing to play for competitively come this game. He is a former coach of Mikel Arteta and perhaps would prefer his old player won instead of the juggernaut that is City but we will have to wait maybe until his last pre-match press conference to find out.

What Arsenal might now regret, however is the structure of the deal which brought Declan Rice to the club in the summer. The Gunners agreed a £105million package with West Ham to sign Rice after lengthy negotiations which would start considerably below the final price.

£5million of the final price would be in add-ons, paid depending upon certain criteria that Rice would have to fulfil with Arsenal for West Ham to get the money. Whereas it is understood the £100million is paid in two