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Arsenal have a lot of stars in their team. Players such as Declan Rice, Kai Havertz and Mesut Ozil are all worth a lot of money. But who is Arsenal most expensive player?

Who is Arsenal’s most expensive player?

Arsenal most expensive player?

How was the situation before? It was Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who was Arsenal’s biggest signing. Now it has changed. With Unai Emery making 7 signings in 2020 season, Nicolas Pepe became the club’s most expensive signing ever.

The Gunners signed Nicolas Pepe for €72m from Lille in August 2019. He was one of the best players in Ligue 1.

Even with Arsenal making signings this season under Mikel Arteta, Declan Rice has taken over to become the most expensive Arsenal player ever.

Declan Rice

Declan Rice, an England midfielder, was acquired by Arsenal from West Ham for a club-record sum of £105 million.

The transaction surpasses the £72 million Arsenal paid Lille for Nicolas Pepe in 2019 and sets a record transfer cost for two British teams.

However, Rice’s acquisition falls just shy of Chelsea’s £106.8 million payment to Benfica for midfielder Enzo Fernandez, which set a British record transfer cost.

After being released from Chelsea’s academy, Rice started his professional career at West Ham United. He went on to establish himself as a key first-team player, making the UEFA Europa League Team of the Season in the 2021–2022 season, and leading the team to a UEFA Europa Conference League championship in 2024, winning player of the year honours.

Rice agreed to a deal to Arsenal in July of the same year for a purported club and British record transfer price, surpassing Jack Grealish’s £100 million departure to Manchester City.

Declan Rice’s early life

Greater London’s Kingston upon Thames is where Rice was born and reared. His paternal ancestors were natives of Douglas in Ireland’s County Cork. He was seven years old when he enrolled at Chelsea’s academy in 2006. He is from Kingston upon Thames.

In 2013, upon his release at the age of 14, and following a trial period in the spring, he joined the West Ham United academy. Rice’s dedication and tenacity, according to West Ham United Academy coach Trevor Bumstead, allowed him to rise through the ranks at the club.

Rice’s under-21 team won the Premier League Cup in 2016 and the under-23 team won the Premier League 2 Division 2 in 2020.

West Ham United

Rice signed his first professional deal with West Ham United on December 16, 2015, two years after enrolling there as a junior player. After making an impression with the under-23 team, Rice was given his first call-up to the West Ham senior squad for the games against Sunderland and Everton in April 2017.

On the last day of the 2016–17 Premier League season, he made his professional debut against Burnley, replacing Edmilson Fernandes in a 2-1 away victory, five days after leading the under–23s to promotion with a 2-1 victory at Newcastle United.

On August 19, 2017, he made his first team appearance against Southampton in a 3-2 loss. Rice came in second behind Marko Arnautovic for the 2017–18 Hammer of the Year award in April 2018.

At age 20, Rice led West Ham for the first time against Leicester City on 28 December in a 2-1 home loss. On July 17, 2020, he scored his first and lone Premier League goal of the year against Watford from beyond the box as his team won 3-1.

Rice participated in every minute of West Ham’s 38 league games in the 2019–20 season. He led West Ham players in both categories of tackles and interceptions in the Premier League and completed more passes than any other player for the Hammers. In 2020, he received the first-ever Hammer of the Year designation.

In July 2023, Rice joined Arsenal after leaving West Ham becoming Arsenal most expensive player ever. He scored 15 goals in 245 appearances for West Ham. Along with Bobby Moore and Billy Bonds, he is one of only three West Ham captains who have led the team to a significant victory.

West Ham chairman David Sullivan stated that although the player had made it known he wanted to go on, the club did not want to sell him and instead wanted to assemble the squad around him. In the end, though, it has always been about my passion to play at the greatest level of the game, Rice said of the transfer.

Declan Rice to Arsenal

Rice signed a long-term contract with Premier League team Arsenal on July 15, 2023. Rice’s jersey will have the number 41. According to reports, the initial transfer cost was a club record of £100 million, and add-ons may bring the total to as much as £5 million, making him the most expensive English footballer ever, tying Jack Grealish’s previous record.

The transfer was structured such that West Ham would receive £50 million right away and an additional £50 million in the summer of 2024. Additionally, with a ceiling of £5 million, they will get £1 million each time Arsenal qualifies for the Champions League during his tenure at the club and another £1 million if he appears in 60 percent of the games in a season.

Who was the most expensive player before Declan Rice?

Well it was Nicolas Pepe. Arsenal most expensive player is no longer Pepe. He was at one point Arsenal most expensive player!

Pepe’s early life

Conceived in Mantes-la-Jolie, Île-de-France, Pépé experienced childhood in the nineteenth arrondissement of Paris and began his vocation initially playing as a goalkeeper for neighborhood side Solitaire Paris Est until he was 14 years of age. At the point when his dad Celestin, a jail monitor, was moved to Poitiers, Pépé started his senior profession as an outfield player with Poitiers FC in the Championnat de France Amateur 2 (fifth level) in 2012–13.

Angers

He marked for Angers in 2013, and went through his first season with the stores in the CFA 2.

He made his professional debut in the second round of the Coupe de la Ligue in a 2–1 home misfortune to Arles-avignon on 26 August 2014, as a 73rd-minute substitute for Yohann Eudeline. His first Ligue 2 match was on 21 November 2014, beginning in a 1–1 Ligue 2 attract away to Ajaccio.

Pépé was loaned to Orléans for the 2015–16 Championnat National, and helped the club to advancement from the third level as other participants. He came back to an Angers side playing in Ligue 1 and which arrived at the 2017 Coupe de France Final, where he began in a 1–0 misfortune to Paris Saint-Germain at the Stade de France.

On 21 June 2017, Pépé marked a five-year spell Lille, for a greatest transfer expense of €10 million, subsequent to being marked by lead trainer Marcelo Bielsa who had explored the player by watching film of each Ligue 1 game he had played in for Angers, before exploring him face to face. Pépé depicted Bielsa as “unique” and an “extraordinary mentor”. He began the season playing as a striker subsequent to being changed over into playing the situation under Bielsa, before completing the season under the new Lille lead trainer Christophe Galtier, playing as a winger.

During the sum of the 2017–18 Ligue 1 season, he was a normal in a Lille side that barely kept away from transfer, missing just two games and scoring multiple times, incorporating two each in away successes at Metz and Toulouse.

On 15 September 2018, during the 2018–19 Ligue 1 season, Pépé scored a hattrick, including two punishments, in the 3–2 away win over Amiens. Days after the fact, it was affirmed by club president Gérard Lopez that FC Barcelona were among a few clubs that were keen on marking him.

On 14 April 2019, Pépé scored an goal and gave two aids the 5–1 home win over Paris Saint-Germain. He completed the 2018–19 Ligue 1 season with 22 goals, second just to PSG’s Kylian Mbappé, with 11 helps, and was named in the UNFP Team of the Year.

On 26 July 2019, it was declared that Serie A side S.S.C. Napoli had concurred a £71.7 million expense with Lille. However, the move never happened as Arsenal came with a better offer on 1 August and the player decided to go to London!

Who was the most expensive player before Pepe?

Well it was Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Arsenal most expensive player is no longer Auba. He was at one point Arsenal most expensive player!

Begining Of His Career (AC Milan)

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang joined the AC Milan youth ranks in January 2007. He scored 7 goals in 6 matches for the club in the Inaugural Champions Youth Cup in Malaysia to impress plenty of scouts.

He, unfortunately, could never break into the Milan senior squad and spent his 3 seasons with the club away at France while on loan.

First, he spent a season with Dijon FC, scoring 8 goals in 37 appearances. Then he spent a season with LOSC Lille, managing just 2 goals and 2 assists in 24 games across all competitions.

He could muster a very similar record during his time with AS Monaco but was moved out to Saint-Etienne permanently in December 2011. The agreement stated that the Ligue 1 outfit will loan him from Milan for the remainder of the 2010/11 campaign and sign his permanent right in the summer.

Career Progression: Saint Etienne

Aubameyang was handed the number seven jersey by the Ligue 1 outfit and was quickly added to the club’s starting lineup. He scored his first hattrick for the side against Lorient on February 2012.

The 29-year-old collected his first trophy with Saint Etienne after appearing in the final of the 2013 Copa de la Ligue and seeing his team through a 1-0 win.

As a young attacker, Aubameyang played both as a winger and a striker. He ended up scoring 41 goals in 97 appearances for the club while also contributing 26 assists.

In the 2012/13 season, he ended up finishing behind Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the Ligue 1 top scorer’s list. That was Aubameyang’s breakout year which quickly made one of the most popular strikers across Europe.

Aubameyang’s Success At Borussia Dortmund

After bidding a tearful goodbye to Robert Lewandowski, the Borussia Dortmund camp immediately picked up Aubameyang on a 5-year contract after appearing in the 2012/13 Champions League finals.

At the time, little did anyone know how much of a prolific figure Aubameyang will truly become at the Signal Iduna Park. He became the first Gabonese player to appear in the Bundesliga and scored a hattrick during his debut appearance for the side. He finished his debut season with 16 goals across all competitions.

He finished the second season with 25 goals in 46 appearances, seeing the club through a DFL Pokal trophy win over by beating Bayern Munich 3-1 in the finals. In July 2015, he signed a contract extension set to last till the summer of 2020.

The consecutive season, Aubameyang racked up yet another tally of 25 goals and finished second in the Bundesliga scorer’s list behind his professional nemesis but also close friend, Robert Lewandowski.

Aubameyang finally managed to surpass the Pole during the 2016/17 campaign, recording 31 goals and being named as the German top-flight’s highest goal scorer.

Aubameyang’s Move To Arsenal

After interests came in from Arsenal, Aubameyang expressed interest to leave Dortmund. He was highly unsettled during the start of the 2017/18 and even had to face disciplinary charges from the club. The Gunners finally managed to sign him up on transfer deadline day to help them make a run for the Premier League top-four spots.

Aubameyang scored on his debut in the 5-1 victory over Everton on 3 February 2018. He finished the season with 10 goals and 3 assists in 13 Premier League appearances.

Despite playing in the same position as Alexandre Lacazette, Aubameyang has continued his scoring form by netting 15 so far into the 2018/19 Premier League season, third behind Sergio Aguero(17) and Mohamed Salah(16). Watch & Bet on Football =>

Arsenal Most Expensive Player Signing: Top 10 Arsenal Players

Rank	Player	From	Fee (€m)	Year
1	Declan Rice	West Ham	116.6	2023
2	Nicolas Pepe	Lille	80	2019
3	Kai Havertz	Chelsea	75	2023
4	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Dortmund	63.8	2018
5	Ben White	Brighton	58.5	2021
6	Alexandre Lacazette	Lyon	53	2017
7	Gabriel Jesus	Manchester City	52.5	2022
8	Thomas Partey	Atletico Madrid	50	2020
9	Mesut Ozil	Real Madrid	47	2013
=10	Granit Xhaka	Monchengladbach	45	2016
=10	Riccardo Calafiori	Bologna	45	2024

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