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Topics: Arsenal, Fan Reactions, Transfers, Manchester City, Manchester City Transfer News & Rumours, Declan Rice, Premier League
Ryan Sidle
Topics: Arsenal, Fan Reactions, Transfers, Manchester City, Manchester City Transfer News & Rumours, Declan Rice, Premier League
An Arsenal fan has got very excited about the signing of Declan Rice and used it to mock Premier League rivals Manchester City.
It finally happened on Saturday, after weeks and weeks of waiting around for it, Rice became an Arsenal player for a British record fee of £105 million.
Despite the fact that we all knew it was eventually going to happen there was still time for a little of controversy and sniping between the Gunners and West Ham United.
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First the Hammers got ahead of their rivals in announcing the deal at 8 am but completely failed to mention the Premier League runners up anywhere in their statement.
Fans think that the north Londoners then got revenge on West Ham with a moment of pettiness themselves by delaying their own announcement.
That came in the afternoon at 1.05 pm and it was claimed that the timing was a nod to how much they're going to end up paying for the 24-year-old.
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But it's not just the selling club that there's beef with but also the side who beat Arsenal to the title last season, Manchester City.
One fan has compared the numbers on each team's recent social media post to show that Mikel Arteta's side are 'bigger' than the one he used to work for.
Putting a picture of City's Treble announcement alongside that of the Rice announcement, the fan said: "Arsenal Rice announcement, in 1 hour surpassed Man City Treble winners tweet post 1 month ago. You cannot surpass 100 years of history with 10 years of buying trophies."
"Arsenal are always going to be bigger than these plastic clubs," said one fan.
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"We are massive!", added a second.
A third exclaimed: "Class over money. All day long."
Arguing it's part of the reason Rice moved across London, a third replied: "100%. This no doubt weighed on his decision as well. As much as being the main man in midfield. City are a cataclysmic institution but culturally nobodies."
"This shows success can be bought but not fans," claimed a fourth.
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And another simply said: "City is a small club."
Many others however were pointing out that they'd much rather have won the league, FA Cup and Champions League than have a few retweets.
Of course Arsenal fans shouldn't be calling out City over the signing of Rice but should actually be thanking them for their help.
Eni Aluko claimed that the European champions didn't even want to sign the England international and were just putting in a bid to make sure Arsenal signed him...