{"id":1184,"date":"2026-03-20T10:29:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/?p=1184"},"modified":"2026-03-20T10:29:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:29:52","slug":"arsenal-in-active-talks-to-sign-modern-day-roy-keane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/?p=1184","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal in &#8220;Active Talks&#8221; To Sign &#8216;Modern Day Roy Keane&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<article>\n<p><strong>Arsenal are reportedly in talks to sign a midfielder to a new contract ahead of the summer transfer window. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Gunners are heading into the weekend hoping to secure their first piece of silverware this season, as they face Man City in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday at Wembley.<\/p>\n<p>Mikel Arteta will be delighted with how his side have performed, with several of his key players showing their value this season as they remain on course to win the quadruple.<\/p>\n<p>Bukayo Saka has been one of Arsenal\u2019s best players this season, and he was rewarded with a new contract earlier in the year, the Gunners are now looking to tie down one of their other stars.<\/p>\n<h2>Romano says Arsenal in \u2018active talks\u2019 with Declan Rice<\/h2>\n<p>There\u2019s no doubting that Declan Rice is one of the world\u2019s best midfielders right now. The England international has been excellent ever since coming to the Emirates, but this season, he has arguably been Arsenal\u2019s best player.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fabrizio Romano, Arsenal are making a contract extension for Rice a priority. He posted on Instagram: \u201cArsenal are in active talks to get new deal done for Declan Rice! Rice has three years on current deal but Arsenal plan to reward several players \u2014 Declan always seen as crucial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter Saka, Rice and Jurrien Timber are next ones seen important part of the project to negotiate new contract. Talks at early stages but club optimistic, as BBC report.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DV1Nrp5jIji\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rice has been sensational this season, earning himself a lot of praise from several big name pundits. He was recently compared to former Man United captain Roy Keane by Jamie Carragher via the Athletic.<\/p>\n<p>Carragher said: \u201cThe one who stands out every time I watch him play is Declan Rice. What a player, honest to God\u2026 For me, he is the modern-day Roy Keane\u2026Roy did a bit of everything\u2026 Declan has the set pieces too\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis passing is fantastic. No one can run past him\u2026I actually don\u2019t think we still give him enough praise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to see Arsenal\u2019s first team squad.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal are reportedly in talks to sign a midfielder to a new contract ahead of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}