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Arsenal midfielder and former Hammers star Declan Rice donates £5,000 to GoFundMe campaign for 14-year-old West Ham goalkeeper fighting cancer

Declan Rice has donated £5,000 to a GoFundMe campaign for a West Ham Under-15 goalkeeper who is fighting cancer.

Rice, a former Hammers youth player himself, made 245 senior appearances for West Ham before signing for Arsenal in July 2023.

14-year-old Oscar Fairs, who has been with West Ham since the age of nine, was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour last year.

As reported by Rising Ballers, Fairs is a season-ticket holder at West Ham who has ambitions of reaching the first-team.

Fairs has undergone seven surgeries, one round of chemotherapy and one round of radiotherapy but was told that Palliative care was the only option.