Declan Rice could be the 3rd most expensive footballer of all time

If West Ham United’s valuation of Declan Rice is met this summer, he will become the third most expensive football player of all time.

Rice has proven himself to be one of the best players in the Premier League over the past five years.

Impressed by his performances at the London Stadium, Manchester United and Chelsea are keen to give Rice a platform to perform on a more prestigious stage.

And according to the Daily mailWest Ham bosses reluctantly accepted it made sense for them to cash in at the end of the season.

But they would demand a transfer fee of £150m.

At present, according to figures from the Daily Mail, only two players have been sold for over £150m. They are PSG duo Neymar (£198m) and Kylian Mbappe (£163m).

Chelsea are currently operating under a transfer ban, but it will be lifted as soon as Roman Abramovich is replaced as owner.

If Chelsea could spend £150m on Rice this summer, the 23-year-old would smash his club transfer record of over £50m.

Romelu Lukaku is currently Chelsea’s most expensive signing, having arrived for £97.5million from Inter Milan last year.

Meanwhile, Paul Pogba is United’s current record signing, having cost £89million when he joined Juventus in 2016.

The most expensive football players of all time

Pogba is set to leave Old Trafford this summer when his contract expires.

The France star recently gave a great interview to a French newspaper Le Figaro in which he revealed he had suffered from depression during his second spell at United.

Pogba also said in the interview that the last five seasons have not “satisfied” him and that he considers this season to be “dead”.

Among the ten most expensive football players of all time, Pogba is not the only one who can make a free transfer this summer.

Their French compatriots Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele are both approaching the final three months of their current contracts at PSG and Barcelona respectively.