Arsenal on Saturday, confirmed a deal to sign Declan Rice from West Ham for a club-record fee of £105m.
Rice has now put pen to paper on a five-year contract with the Gunners until 2028.
However, the contract includes the option for Arsenal to extend it by one year.
Rice has also been handed his preferred number 41 shirt at the Emirates.
The deal eclipses the £72m Arsenal paid for Nicolas Pepe from Lille in 2019, while it is also a record transfer fee between two British clubs.
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Rice’s signing is just short of the British record transfer fee with Chelsea paying £106.8m for midfielder Enzo Fernandez from Benfica in January.
The 24-year-old will join fellow new signings Jurrien Timber and Kai Havertz for Arsenal’s preseason tour of the US next week.
Meanwhile, The long-awaited statement announcing Rice’s arrival revealed that the 24-year-old would wear 41. Rice was randomly assigned the number at West Ham when he was promoted to the first team and stuck with the bulky digit even as he became a fixture of the starting XI.
Rice has previously worn four when playing for the England national team but his compatriot Ben White is the owner of that shirt at Arsenal.
The former Chelsea academy player was introduced to his new Arsenal teammates alongside Timber on Saturday as the pair prepare to jet off for the American leg of the club’s pre-season tour. The Gunners began the run-up to next season with a friendly against Nurnberg on Thursday before either Timber or Rice had been unveiled. Havertz did feature in an uninspiring 1-1 draw.
