Chelsea are reportedly prepared to pay West Ham United 's £80m asking price to bring Declan Rice back to Stamford Bridge, with manager Frank Lampard a big admirer of the 21-year-old.
Rice was released by Chelsea as a youngster back in 2014 and made the move to the Hammers, where he has broken into the first team and gone on to earn international honours with England.He has been linked with a number of different clubs but Chelsea possess the keenest interest in his services.They were heavily linked with Rice over the summer but the deal did not get done, with Chelsea making a raft of signings in other positions.Hakim Ziyech, Timo Werner, Ben Chilwell, Thiago Silva, Kai Havertz and Edouard Mendy all joined in big money deals and they have.
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