West Ham Chairman David Sullivan confirmed that captain Declan Rice has played his last game for the club and will move on this summer.
Declan Rice is expected to leave West Ham this summer after lifting the Uefa Europa Conference League trophy on Wednesday night, leading the Hammers to victory over Fiorentina.
End of the story for Rice and West Ham
When asked whether the historic victory over Fiorentina was Rice's last match in a West Ham shirt, Sullivan told talkSPORT: "I think it has to be.
"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.
"You can't keep a player who doesn't want to be there."
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