Declan Rice has been in the starting XI for every Premier League fixture so far this season.
Declan Rice is Arsenal’s key player in midfield and since his arrival in the summer, he can be a matchwinner for the Gunners. The North London club feel Declan Rice could take his game to the next level if Mikel Arteta opts to make an important decision.
The 24-year-old joined Arsenal from West Ham United in a £105million deal during the summer. He has made 11 appearances and is one of the regular players.
Journalist Ben Jacobs has told GIVEMESPORT, that the England international has the potential to suddenly explode if Mikel Arteta makes a key decision at the Emirates.
The report adds Arsenal are eyeing to beat top clubs like Manchester United, Liverpool, West Ham, Brighton and Barcelona to the signing of Royal Antwerp’s Arthur Vermeeren. He will help to unlock the Rice’s full potential.
The 24-year-old has been in the starting XI for every Premier League fixture so far this season. Jacobs told GIVEMESPORT: “I would be reticent to compare Rice and Bellingham directly. But the point of saying this is that if you look at Bellingham at Dortmund, he scored eight league goals over the course of 31 games in his final season. At Real Madrid, he has been given more license to push forwards and be more explosive. He sees more of the ball and has others working on the ball for him, which allows him to create more space than at Dortmund.
“He has already got eight goals in La Liga, which is the same total as he got in the Bundesliga at Dortmund last season, but in way fewer games. “I think Arsenal feel like, to some extent, Rice has that potential to suddenly explode in an attacking sense if he is given that freedom. “It wouldn’t surprise me if he is given a bit more freedom and trialled in a more advanced position, especially because others in that central attacking midfield role – when utilised – haven’t always excelled.”
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