Not that big of a fan. To me, he seems an average footballer. A slightly better McTominey, maybe? Feels okayish, especially more so since he would be an expensive buy and we don't play a CDM.
Fernandes is our best player and a natural at CAM. While I believe he can thrive in an attacking role in a 3 CM midfield, I highly doubt Solskjaer would play that formation. So, we would either be shoehorning Rice into CM (where he is not a natural fit) or going lopsided 4-2-3-1 with 1 CDM and 1 CM (which seems unlikely).
Considering money will be limited post Covid (with player rates not really reducing), I would rather we focus on a CB and a RW, and revisit the CM position if Pogba were to move (Milinkovic Savic as a potential option there, maybe).