Former Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke has issued a warning to Chelsea over the pursuit of West Ham midfielder Declan Rice.

Rice is set to leave the Hammers at the end of the season after rejecting multiple offers to extend his contract and West Ham are expected to demand a British transfer record fee of £120million for the 24 year old midfielder.

“David Moyes has said Declan Rice would break the transfer record because he’s seen how much Chelsea spent on Enzo Fernandez,” Yorke told OLBG.

“Rice is an English product so Moyes has to big him up, you can’t let all the foreigners come and take the limelight!

“Rice is a good player but he does not influence the game enough at a top level for me. I would not say he is as tremendous as everyone makes him out to be.

“But with the market we’re in, Rice will have a similar fee to Fernandez, we’ve seen prices like that on English players like Jack Grealish.”