West Ham have been warned that selling Declan Rice to Chelsea would be a “big gamble”, with Joe Cole calling on under-fire owners David Sullivan and David Gold to resist any advances.
The current transfer window has seen plenty of speculation regarding a crossing of London for the versatile England international.
Rice spent time within Chelsea’s academy system as a youngster and, despite being released by the club before getting a big break, is seeing a retracing of those steps being mooted.
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Frank Lampard has invested heavily over recent weeks, with those at Stamford Bridge reinforcing their ranks from back to front.