Arsenal club presenter 'confirms' Declan Rice signing as West Ham star 'spotted' at airport

Declan Rice's transfer from West Ham to Arsenal appears to have been confirmed by a presenter for the north London club.

Rice, 24, is expected to complete a club-record £105m move to Arsenal in the coming days after passing a medical on Friday.

He could become the club's second signing of the summer, with Kai Havertz already joining the Gunners from Chelsea in a £65m move.

Arsenal are also close to completing a deal for Jurrien Timber, who also passed a medical with the Premier League club ahead of a £40m move from Ajax.

Timber's move to Arsenal appeared to be confirmed by his brother Shamier on Sunday after he posted an image from a goodbye party for the Netherlands international.

An image posted to Shamier's Instagram story showed a sign featuring an image of Jurrien in an Arsenal shirt.

It included the following message: "Jurrien's goodbye party! See you in the streets of London."

Arsenal presenter 'confirms' Rice signing

Confirmation of Rice's own move to Arsenal may have also been leaked ahead of an official announcement.

That's after club presenter Nicole Holliday took to social media over the weekend, posting the following update on her Instagram story.

"Ok, I'm either going mad/need an eye test or I just saw Declan Rice at the airport," she wrote.

"Was going to go and intro myself coz ya know, we'll be working together next season, but got scared loool."

Rice may have been at the airport to travel back on holiday after completing his medical with Arsenal.

He cut his summer break short to return to London to complete the final stages of his transfer from West Ham.

While he is expected to officially join Arsenal this week, he may have to wait to meet his new teammates – with the majority of Arsenal's squad away in Germany on a pre-season camp.

Those players who were not involved in the June internationals travelled to Germany on Friday ahead of their opening warm-up match against Nurnberg on Thursday.

The squad will then return to London, where Rice and Timber could join up with them ahead of their pre-season tour of the United States.

Topics: Declan Rice, Arsenal, Football, Premier League, West Ham United, Transfers

Rory O'Callaghan

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