A pathetic £25m Arsenal “offer” to West Ham has fallen flat on its face after somehow making national headlines this week.
That changed in the summer, though, when West Ham captain Declan Rice pushed for a move to Arsenal – being sold in what was a record £105m deal for a matter of weeks.
Many believed Arsenal were overpaying for the Hammers talisman. But West Ham fans – like manager David Moyes – knew they were getting value for money.
Among those questioning the fee were legions of Arsenal fans, many of whom were insisting Thomas Partey was a better player than Rice last season.
As West Ham fans will be well aware, Rice scored a last gasp winner for Mikel Arteta’s side in a 4-3 victory at Luton which leaves them top of the Premier League table.
“In light of the unfortunate robbery of West Ham United, we are asking Arsenal fans to come together to raise funds for West Ham United to compensate the underpayment of Declan Rice,” the page states.
“It has become evident in the last 15 weeks that Edu and Arsenal were the beneficiaries of a £25,000,000 underpayment to West Ham United.”
The page somehow made headlines in national media outlets in what we can only assume has been a slow news week.
Had the insulting crowdfunding page taken off and got a large number of donations it would have given it some credibility.
It would have added further weight to the debate the Arsenal had somehow “had West Ham’s eyes out” over Rice.
But despite coverage designed to mock little old West Ham in the likes of The Daily Mail and The Sun and others – the £25m fundraiser to donate to the Hammers has generated the princely sum of £35.
Seven donations totalling the pathetic amount have left the Gunners fans involved with egg on their faces.
Perhaps it is the years of being fiercely and somewhat bizarrely proud of their frugality under Arsene Wenger that’s made them this way, now they have been left with little option but to join Europe’s silly spenders because they can’t beat them?
The irony of Arsenal fans trying to convince West Ham of Rice’s worth is not lost on the Hammers, who spent all summer defending his valuation to the Gunners.
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