The transfer condition that gives Chelsea advantage over Manchester United for £100m Declan Rice

West Ham midfielder Declan Rice has admitted that he wants to remain 'close' to London amid summer transfer links to Chelsea and Man United.

Rice, 23, has been speaking to Gary Neville this week in his 41 questions feature for Sky Sports - a video that has hyped up Blues supporters on social media.

Firstly, his phone call admission about John Terry was enough for Chelsea fans to demand a return for a player they let go in his youth days and that mistake has certainly haunted Marina Granovskaia and co for a large number of years.

Whilst talking about his love for West Ham, Rice explored Kingston-upon-Thames in south-west London alongside Neville, a place where the midfielder grew up.

When talking about his roots and living in the capital city, Rice dropped a sly transfer hint that will further ensure that the European Champions have a slight advantage over their strongest competition for the player in question - coming in the form of Ralf Rangnick's Manchester United.

"Do you still have a house round here?" Asked Neville on the Overlap Extra.

"Yeah, I'm here all the time," admitted Rice, who thanked the former United full-back on his social media for letting him be part of the show. "I've always wanted to stay close to this place, I feel like I don't want to lose my roots."

An admission that seemingly makes it advantage Chelsea over Man United in that sense but Granovskaia still has to clear the hurdle of dealing with the West Ham board, who have a reputation of being tough to negotiate with.

understand that as far as the Hammers are concerned, nothing has changed and Rice is not for sale at any price and the club has no interest in letting their key man leave the club at any cost.

Rice is contracted to the club until