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‘Selling Rice to Chelsea a big gamble for West Ham even at £40m’ – Cole calls on Gold & Sullivan to resist offers

West Ham have been warned that selling Declan Rice to Chelsea would be a “big gamble”, with Joe Cole calling on under-fire owners David Sullivan and David Gold to resist any advances.

The current transfer window has seen plenty of speculation regarding a crossing of London for the versatile England international.

Rice spent time within Chelsea’s academy system as a youngster and, despite being released by the club before getting a big break, is seeing a retracing of those steps being mooted.

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