West Ham co-chairman David Sullivan has confirmed Declan Rice will be sold this summer amid interest from Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United and Bayern Munich.

“We promised him he could go,” Sullivan told talkSPORT on Thursday morning. “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.

“It’s not something we want to happen. We offered him £200,000 a week 18 months ago [and] he turned it down. It’s cost him £10million to stay at West Ham in that time (in lost wages).

“He wants to go. You can’t keep a player who doesn’t want to be there.”

Speaking about his future after West Ham beat Fiorentina 2-1 on Wednesday night, Rice said: “There’s a lot of speculation going on about my future.

“Obviously here is interest from other clubs, that’s out there, but ultimately I’ve still got two years left at West Ham.

“I love this club, I love playing for this club. There hasn’t been anything yet. My focus is playing for West Ham, enjoying tonight and seeing what happens. I’m captain of this club and absolutely love it to pieces.

“I cannot speak highly enough of this place, let’s just see what happens.”