West Ham offer Declan Rice 'huge eight-year contract' after confirming stance on future

West Ham United have reportedly offered Declan Rice a new eight-year contract as they try to keep the England international at the club this summer.

The 23-year-old has been linked with a move away from the Hammers after impressing for both club and country in recent seasons. Chelsea and Manchester United are supposedly keen on the midfielder, who has two years' left on his current deal at the London Stadium.

However, according to talkSPORT, West Ham are trying to convince Rice to stay by offering him a staggering eight-year contract, which would keep him at the club until 2030. Additionally, the Hammers are willing to pay him around £200k-per-week, making him by far their highest-paid player.

Rice has already turned down a new contract offer by the Hammers, suggesting his long-term future could lie elsewhere. West Ham's hopes of securing Champions League football slipped beyond their grasps after losing against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League semi-final.

The lack of elite European football may convince Rice to seek a move away from West Ham. Since making his first-team debut in 2017, Rice has made almost 200 senior appearances, helping the club to a sixth-place finish in the Premier League last season.

David Moyes has previously suggested that a bid in excess of £150million would be needed for the Hammers to sell their prized asset. This would make him the third most-expensive player of all-time behind Neymar following his £198million move to Paris Saint-Germain from Barcelona in 2017, and Kylian Mbappe, who joined PSG permanently for £166m from Monaco the following year after an initial loan spell.

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TalkSPORT claim Rice's deal could be made a 10-year one if he