Declan Rice will relish a fight with Enzo Fernandez when West Ham consider on Chelsea, suggests David Moyes… who enquired about the Argentina star right before the Globe Cup – but was place off by his selling price tag!
Rice and Fernandez will go head-to-head in the lunch-time kick-off on SaturdayThe duo are two of the brightest skills and finest midfielders in the leagueMoyes reveled he spoke to Benfica manager Roger Schmidt about Fernandez
Declan Rice will not be scared of facing Enzo Fernandez on Wednesday with West Ham supervisor David Moyes saying if something, it will be the other way around.
Chelsea’s Fernandez is the latest British transfer file, possessing value £105million from Benfica in January. Rice is tipped to split that payment when he leaves West Ham, perhaps this summertime.
Moyes on Friday revealed he spoke to Benfica boss Roger Schmidt about Fernandez in November, prior to the 2022 Globe Cup. Questioned if that was due to the fact he was fascinated in signing the 22-year-previous Argentinian, West Ham’s supervisor jokingly reported: ‘Not when I listened to the selling price I wasn’t!’
Moyes mentioned Rice was relishing Saturday’s lunchtime showdown at the London Stadium and that Fernandez would have been considering about the midfield fight which will ensue with the 24-yr-old Englishman.
‘He may be thinking equivalent about enjoying versus Dec,’ Moyes said. ‘Dec enjoys his soccer. We enjoy and we talk about all the great players and Enzo Fernandez is an fantastic participant. He confirmed it in the Planet Cup.
David Moyes has rebuffed claims that Declan Rice will worry going through Enzo Fernandez on Saturday
Fernandez (still left) joined Chelsea for £105million in January, while Rice (ideal) has been tipped for a major potential when he leaves West Ham
‘I realized about him when he was at Benfica. I spoke to the Benfica supervisor about him in November who’d presented him unbelievable praise about how great of a player he was. So I realized he was on the radar.
‘Obviously the World Cup highlighted what his capabilities have been. We try out to give the gamers the information we can about the opposition.
‘The gamers are not daft. They’ll have watched the Entire world Cup and found recent Premier League game titles. But it truly is really complicated with Chelsea simply because they have acquired so several new players in.’
West Ham will make a late conclusion on whether or not to start to Danny Ings, the striker who was an 81st-moment substitute from Newcastle after recovering from his knee harm.
A late contact will be made on no matter whether Danny Ings, who has struggled with injuries, can play