<p>Declan Rice will leave West Ham United in the close season, chairman David Sullivan said on Thursday, a day after the midfielder captained the club to their first European trophy in 58 years.</p>.<p>Sullivan said a gentleman's agreement means Rice can leave despite a year remaining on his contract with the option to extend it by a further 12 months.</p>.<p>When asked if Wednesday's 2-1 victory over Fiorentina in the Europa Conference League was Rice's last game for the club, Sullivan told Talksport: "I think it has to be.</p>.<p>"We promised him he could go. He set his heart on going. You can't ask for a man who has committed more to us this season. In due course, he has to get on and we have to get a replacement, or several replacements.</p>.<p>"It's not something we want to happen. We offered him 200,000 pounds ($249,260) per week 18 months ago. He turned it down. It's cost him 10 million pounds to stay at West Ham in that time (in lost wages).</p>.<p>"And he wants to go. You can't keep a player who doesn't want to be there... I think the offers will start to come today."</p>.<p>Rice joined West Ham's academy from Chelsea as a teenager and has been ever-present since his breakthrough season in 2017-18. He took over the captaincy after Mark Noble's retirement last year.</p>.<p>The 24-year-old played 50 games in all competitions this season as West Ham finished 14th in the Premier League before clinching the Europa Conference League in Prague on Wednesday.</p>.<p>Rice has played more than 200 games for West Ham and also earned 41 caps for England since his international debut in 2019.</p>
<p>Declan Rice will leave West Ham United in the close season, chairman David Sullivan said on Thursday, a day after the midfielder captained the club to their first European trophy in 58 years.</p>.<p>Sullivan said a gentleman's agreement means Rice can leave despite a year remaining on his contract with the option to extend it by a further 12 months.</p>.<p>When asked if Wednesday's 2-1 victory over Fiorentina in the Europa Conference League was Rice's last game for the club, Sullivan told Talksport: "I think it has to be.</p>.<p>"We promised him he could go. He set his heart on going. You can't ask for a man who has committed more to us this season. In due course, he has to get on and we have to get a replacement, or several replacements.</p>.<p>"It's not something we want to happen. We offered him 200,000 pounds ($249,260) per week 18 months ago. He turned it down. It's cost him 10 million pounds to stay at West Ham in that time (in lost wages).</p>.<p>"And he wants to go. You can't keep a player who doesn't want to be there... I think the offers will start to come today."</p>.<p>Rice joined West Ham's academy from Chelsea as a teenager and has been ever-present since his breakthrough season in 2017-18. He took over the captaincy after Mark Noble's retirement last year.</p>.<p>The 24-year-old played 50 games in all competitions this season as West Ham finished 14th in the Premier League before clinching the Europa Conference League in Prague on Wednesday.</p>.<p>Rice has played more than 200 games for West Ham and also earned 41 caps for England since his international debut in 2019.</p>