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Kieran Tripper claims Arsenal’s £120m target is better than Thomas Partey.
Kieran Trippier believes Arsenal’s £120m target, Declan Rice, is better than both Arsenal’s Thomas Partey and Manchester United’s Casemiro.
Although Rice, 24, is anticipated to change clubs this summer, West Ham are reportedly holding out for a £120 million transfer price.
Rice is one of Mikel Arteta’s top objectives for the summer transfer window at Arsenal, although the Premier League leaders will likely have competition from Chelsea and Manchester United.
Trippier has played alongside Partey at Atletico Madrid and has also been Rice’s teammate with England’s national side when asked to pick who is the better player, the Newcastle United right-back told FIVE: ‘Declan… Declan’s unbelievable.
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‘I don’t know if you watched the game the other day when we [Newcastle] played West Ham, just his intelligence, the way he breaks up play, how he travels with it, powerful, unbelievable.
‘Probably one of the best in the world in what he does.’
Asked if he rates Rice above Casemiro, Trippier replied: ‘Yeah.
‘As defenders you appreciate like me you appreciate the likes of Michael Carrick or Declan, it makes your job easier, they’re just mopping everything up.
‘Don’t get me wrong, Casemiro, the trophies he’s won, the Champions Leagues, of course he’s a world-class player, but if you’re talking right now, Dec is incredible, he’s got the age as well.’