Declan Rice shares emotional word for West Ham after signing take care of Arsenal: Incredible 10 years come to an finish

By India Today Sports Desk: West Ham midfielder Declan Rice expressed his gratitude to the membership’s followers in a heartfelt message forward of his imminent transfer to Arsenal.

After a decade with West Ham, Rice bid farewell by way of a poignant assertion on the membership’s web site. The switch, price a reported 105 million kilos (USD 137 million), is ready to be finalised quickly, with Arsenal rising because the victors within the pursuit of the gifted midfielder.

The 24-year-old Rice is anticipated to face important expectations and duties at his new membership. His official announcement as an Arsenal participant is forthcoming, and he might debut in opposition to Nottingham Forest on August 12.

“Where do I start? Rice wrote. “I assume on the very starting, within the spring of 2013, once I travelled all the way in which from my house in south west London to Essex for a trial with West Ham on the age of 14, not likely figuring out what to anticipate, or whether or not it was a good suggestion to contemplate the potential of taking part in for a membership miles away from my household and the place I had grown up.

“However, I knew from the very first moment I walked into Chadwell Heath that I had found another place I could call home. It’s difficult to explain the feeling – I can only describe it as a sense of comfort and familiarity, almost as though it had been waiting for me. I fitted in straight away and realised just what a special club I had joined.

“So many nice reminiscences and highlights – my first aim for the Club two days earlier than my twentieth birthday, ending within the prime six of the Premier League, profitable the Hammer of the Year award 3 times, the magical European nights underneath the lights at London Stadium – and all topped off by the way in which final season ended.

“I want you to know how tough a decision it has been for me to leave an environment that I have loved and cherished so much. Ultimately, though, it has only ever been about my ambition to play at the very highest level of the game.

“Playing on the other group to West Ham for the primary time might be an uncommon expertise. I’m undecided but precisely how I’ll really feel, however I additionally know you’ll all perceive and respect that my skilled loyalties should now lie with my new Club. I’ll all the time give 100% each single time I pull on the shirt – as a result of that’s how I’ve been introduced up at West Ham, and I’m positive you wouldn’t count on anything.”