West Ham wait on Arsenal's lawyers to seal Rice deal | Timber arrival imminentWest Ham wait on Arsenal's lawyers to seal Rice deal | Timber arrival imminent

Declan Rice and Jurrien Timber are set to take Arsenal's summer spending beyond £200m; Gunners hopeful of including Timber in squad for Thursday's friendly away to FC Nurnberg, while Rice could sign before squad departs for US tour on Sunday

West Ham are ready to sign the contracts for Declan Rice to become an Arsenal player.




The Hammers are waiting for Arsenal's lawyers to approve the final wording of the deal and, once that is done, they will sign and Rice will complete his move to north London.

Arsenal are hopeful of completing the signing of Rice before the squad flies to the USA for their pre-season tour on Sunday.




The deal for the midfielder will cost a club-record £105m fee, broken down into an initial payment of £100m with £5m in add-ons.




The deal will eclipse Arsenal's previous record purchase, which is currently Nicolas Pepe from Lille for £72m in 2019.




Rice's signing will be just short of the British transfer record, which was set by Chelsea when they paid Benfica £106.8m for Enzo Fernandez in January.

Arsenal are also expected to confirm the signing of Jurrien Timber, with the club hopeful of including the defender in their squad for their friendly away to FC Nurnberg on Thursday.

Timber has completed his medical ahead of his £38m transfer from Ajax and the paperwork is being finalised on a long-term contract.




The Gunners will pay £34m up front for Timber, with the remainder of the fee made up in performance-related add-ons.




Timber is being signed as a right-back - a role that was predominantly fulfilled by Ben White last season - but can also play at centre-back, and has previously attracted interest from Manchester United.