Declan Rice gives a brilliant insight into the different roles he plays for club and country and how Mikel Arteta has brought the best out of him this season.
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00:00 Latest squad news? Hendo not 90 mins, Cole possibly, Jude absolutely can play 90 mins, he had cramp and missed a lot of football, everyone else has come through training
00:50 (Rice) ahead of 50th cap: I've grown so much as a person, I was nervous when I first came in and I've played more games at a higher level and grown into it, 50 caps is a pinch me moment
01:40 Do you feel how important you are and do you worry about burnout? Not at all, I absolutely love it, player a lot of games in first few years at West Ham, absolute honour to play for Arsenal and England, hopefully I have a long list of trophies to follow
02:50 Ivan will be involved in the game for sure, the plan for the week is a bit different and we're finding out about more players
03:24 Brazil tactics on Bellingham? I think Gallagher got fouled as many times as anybody, we could have ended up playing against ten but better exercise to play against 11
04:10 have you gone to another level this season? I think I've played consistently well throughout the season, position has changed a lot since West Ham but still so much room for improvement and things I can get better at, enjoying the six and the eight
04:58 Rice will be captain, he's here and it's his out cap, a brilliant opportunity for some of your young players to show leadership now
05:50 Your reaction Declan? Speechless to be honest, when he said to me last night I hugged him and shook his hand, I owe him a lot, on my 50th cap to walk out as England captain will be an absolute honour
06:35 Alzheimer's society support? It's something we all have to deal with, increasing reality of life that it effects us all in one way or another, great to raise awareness
08:05 Injury problems cause? We have to take best possible decisions with players available, can't worry about what we haven't got, it's an incredible number unavailable to us and haven't experienced that before but opportunities for others
09:12 Our plan is still to give players time to recover in the summer
10:03 Important for fans at Wembley to stay with the team tomorrow? I think they did against Brazil, recognised we were playing well and had young players on pitch, one devastating counter changed that feel
11:10 Did the paper plans bother you? I saw some after ten mins! I'm not a big paper plane man, we've had that throughout and doesn't always reflect the game
11:46 Lack of number sixes and Rice playing as an eight? It's brilliant for him, he's a good finisher and we've seen that in training, Kalvin has given us another option when he's available and playing at high level, so has Hendo but he's unavailable
13:03 (Rice) challenges of playing both roles? So different roles at Arsenal, sometimes I've been the highest man up the pitch which is unnatural to me, think my strongest position is six
By HaytersTV
March 25, 2024