'RICE WAS WORTH £150M'

believes Mikel Arteta shortchanged him by £50million when he took Declan Rice to Arsenal from West Ham.

- JOE THOMAS DAVID MOYES

DAVID MOYES believes Mikel Arteta shortchanged him by £50million when he took Declan Rice to Arsenal from West Ham.

Then Hammers boss, Moyes fought to keep the central midfielder, who had been pivotal to the club's success in the Europa Conference League.

But the West Ham hierarchy were unable to prevent the Gunners from prising Rice (right) from the club for a fee of around £100m. The summer 2023 deal sprung to Moyes' mind as he plotted how his Everton team would find a way to stifle Rice and his team-mates tonight.