![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/arsenal-break-golden-rule-moments-after-declan-rice-transfer-with-gesture-to-new-signing/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_Arsenal-Unveil-New-Signing-Declan-Rice-1.jpg&description=Declan Rice has completed his big-money transfer to Arsenal and the Gunners appear to have broken a long-running rule within their squad to grant his first request Mikel Arteta has got his man after Arsenal announced the transfer of West Ham captain Declan Rice on Saturday in a move that smashed the Gunners club record transfer fee. The North London club agreed an eye-catching £105million transfer fee to land the England international. For Arteta, the signing was fundamental – Rice was the player he had identified as ideal to his system and if the club had to break records to land them, then so be it. Arsenal are believed to have handed the 24-year-old a contract worth £240,000 weekly salary as they believe he can be the player that elevates their ambitions from a title contender into winners. The move comes after Kai Havertz arrived from Chelsea and Jurrien Timber joined from Ajax. As with all top clubs, the Gunners will have certain rules and structures internally in how the club is run. Many of these are significant and are a fundamental part of success on the pitch, while others are more symbolic and part of long-running traditions. One of those appears to be the distribution of shirt numbers at the club – with senior players instructed to take traditional lower numbers, leaving those outside the top 30 shirt numbers to youth-team players and those on the fringes of the first-team squad. This was explained in 2020 by Alex Iwobi, who had emerged through the club's youth ranks and broke into the first-team plans. The Nigerian international opened up on how his change from No.45 to No.17 was at the behest of his club and the change of status. Have Your Say! Is Arsenal signing the Rice the biggest transfer of the summer? Tell us what you think here. Speaking on Instagram live three years ago, Iwobi explained: "I actually loved Big 45 when I came into the scene in the first place, it was a youth team number at Arsenal but they told me to change to a senior number, so){kind=link}
Declan Rice has completed his big-money transfer to Arsenal and the Gunners appear to have broken a long-running rule within their squad to grant his first request
Mikel Arteta has got his man after Arsenal announced the transfer of West Ham captain Declan Rice on Saturday in a move that smashed the Gunners club record transfer fee.
The North London club agreed an eye-catching £105million transfer fee to land the England international. For Arteta, the signing was fundamental â Rice was the player he had identified as ideal to his system and if the club had to break records to land them, then so be it.
Arsenal are believed to have handed the 24-year-old a contract worth £240,000 weekly salary as they believe he can be the player that elevates their ambitions from a title contender into winners. The move comes after Kai Havertz arrived from Chelsea and Jurrien Timber joined from Ajax.
As with all top clubs, the Gunners will have certain rules and structures internally in how the club is run. Many of these are significant and are a fundamental part of success on the pitch, while others are more symbolic and part of long-running traditions.