{"id":295476,"date":"2023-10-07T23:24:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T23:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=295476"},"modified":"2023-10-07T23:24:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T23:24:17","slug":"guardiola-claims-man-city-would-have-been-lambasted-for-buying-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/guardiola-claims-man-city-would-have-been-lambasted-for-buying-rice\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardiola claims Man City would have been lambasted for buying Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Pep Guardiola claims Manchester City would have been lambasted if they spent \u00a3105m on Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice last summer<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Man City boss Pep Guardiola targeted midfielder Declan Rice for two years<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>But Mikel Arteta persuaded him to join Arsenal from West Ham this past summer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Guardiola says his side would have been ridiculed for spending such a large fee\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pep Guardiola has claimed Manchester City would have been lambasted for spending \u00a3105million on Declan Rice had they signed him last summer.<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola had targeted Rice for two years but lost out to Mikel Arteta, who persuaded the 24-year-old to join from West Ham.<\/p>\n<p>The City boss even cheekily suggested Rice would have been useful to him in Sunday afternoon\u2019s title pointer at the Emirates because his own main man Rodri is suspended.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Everybody knows we wanted Declan Rice, we could play him when Rodri could not play, but in the end Arsenal pushed more and wanted him more,\u2019 said Guardiola.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We could not reach Arsenal\u2019s offer in that position. We could not afford it, maybe if the price had been less. Normally when Manchester City spend this amount of money, it is considered crazy. When others spend it, how smart they are!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/07\/21\/76286801-0-image-a-24_1696711664236.jpg\" height=\"419\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pep Guardiola claims Man City would&#8217;ve been lambasted for spending \u00a3105m on Declan Rice<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/07\/22\/76286853-12606103-Guardiola_had_targeted_Rice_for_two_years_but_lost_out_to_Arsena-a-99_1696714219028.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Guardiola had targeted Rice for two years but lost out to Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Arsenal believed they had to do it. That\u2019s more than fine. He is an exceptional holding midfield player.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal broke their transfer record to land Rice who they hope is the final piece in their jigsaw.<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola says it proves evidence of Arteta\u2019s ambition. \u2018He is a guy so demanding with the board, \u201cGive me money to spend\u201d. He has this talent. He pushes everyone.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12606103\/Pep-Guardiola-claims-Manchester-City-lambasted-spent-105m-Arsenal-midfielder-Declan-Rice-summer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pep Guardiola claims Manchester City would have been lambasted if they spent \u00a3105m on Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice last summer <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295475,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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