Declan Rice's honest Arsenal admission resurfaces ahead of West Ham reunion

According to the report from mirror.co, Declan Rice is gearing up for his first league meeting with former side West Ham as an Arsenal player and past comments made by the midfielder have resurfaced as a result.InformationGuideNigeria

The England international became the most expensive British player in football history when the Gunners forked out £105million to pry him away from the Hammers. It has since proved to be an inspired decision, with Rice enjoying a sensational start to life at the Emirates and even popping up with multiple last-gasp winners to endear himself to fans further.InformationGuideNigeria

Rice has spoken highly of Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta a number of times, publicly explaining how the Spaniard was one of the main reasons he was so keen to join the club. The 24-year-old even heaped praise on the Gunners boss before he’d actually become an Arsenal player.JAMB Result

Boxing Day of 2022 saw Rice take on the Gunners at the Emirates as a West Ham player. Said Benrahma opened the scoring for the Hammers, but three second-half goals in 16 minutes from the hosts ensured it was Arsenal who took all three points.JAMB Result

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At the time, the result put Arteta’s side at the top of the Premier League. There was real optimism that the Gunners lengthy wait for a league title would finally come to an end and then-Hammer Rice confessed he thought Arsenal were the real deal.

Speaking after the game, the midfielder explained: “First half, even though we didn’t have much of the ball, we defended really well, stopped them really well and had a plan.NYSC Portal

“But you can’t sustain that for 90 minutes especially against a team like Arsenal. In the end, one of their chances will create something, and their free-flowing football managed to get through. We couldn’t just get up the pitch [after the equaliser], they smothered us all over the pitch.NYSC Portal

“100 per cent [they can win the league]. They’re a top team, you can see they are coached incredibly well. They have a lot of attacking talent and a young squad, and they could go the whole way for sure. We tried as hard as we could to stop them, but it’s really hard, and in the end we came up short.”

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