![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/arsenal-unveil-declan-rices-new-shirt-number-as-new-signings-request-granted/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_Arsenal-Unveil-New-Signing-Declan-Rice-2.jpg&description=Declan Rice was unveiled as an Arsenal player after a long transfer sage came to an end and the England international will wear the same number as he did at West Ham Arsenal have handed Declan Rice the no.41 shirt - the same number he wore during his time at West Ham. The Gunners finally confirmed the arrival of Rice in a club record £105million deal on Saturday afternoon after beating Manchester City and Bayern Munich to his signature. Rice has signed a long-term contract and will bank a reported £240,000 a week at the Emirates Stadium. After the move was announced, Arsenal revealed that Rice will wear a shirt number close to his heart as he gets set to make his Gunners debut. The England international has taken up the number 41, having previously worn that jersey during his nine-year association with West Ham. There were rumours that Rice may not be allowed to have that shirt number after what Alex Iwobi previously said. Iwobi wore the number 45 during his formative years with the Gunners but he was eventually asked to change to a 'senior number' instead, settling for 17 in the end. However, Arsenal have granted Rice's wish to wear the number, and the midfielder plans to stick with that number throughout the rest of his career. Last year, in an interview with Gary Neville on The Overlap, he said: "It was just the number I was given in the academy by the kitman. "When you are in the Under-23s there are the first team squad numbers and then it gets to the higher numbers and I was given 41 when I went to Seattle on my first trip with the first-team. I was just given 41 and it has stayed with me since. "And to be honest with you - I have been having these conversations with my dad - regardless of what happens in my career I may stay with 41. "I just think Rice 41 has a nice ring to it and obviously I have grown up playing in it and I am a bit superstitious with things like that. I don't know if I change to a new number if it will hamper my performances, I don't know!){kind=link}
Declan Rice was unveiled as an Arsenal player after a long transfer sage came to an end and the England international will wear the same number as he did at West Ham
Arsenal have handed Declan Rice the no.41 shirt – the same number he wore during his time at West Ham.
The Gunners finally confirmed the arrival of Rice in a club record £105million deal on Saturday afternoon after beating Manchester City and Bayern Munich to his signature. Rice has signed a long-term contract and will bank a reported £240,000 a week at the Emirates Stadium.
After the move was announced, Arsenal revealed that Rice will wear a shirt number close to his heart as he gets set to make his Gunners debut. The England international has taken up the number 41, having previously worn that jersey during his nine-year association with West Ham.
There were rumours that Rice may not be allowed to have that shirt number after what Alex Iwobi previously said. Iwobi wore the number 45 during his formative years with the Gunners but he was eventually asked to change to a ‘senior number’ instead, settling for 17 in the end.