Previous Manchester Municipal protector Micah Richards insists Medley midfielder Declan Rice is now “one of the perfect in earth football” after routing him in the Artillerymans’ 2-0 win over Burnley.
Mikel Arteta’s side are having a vivid season through Medley‘s comfortable triumph over Burnley at Grass Moor on Saturday their 5th Premier League win in a row.
Liverpool’s implosion at the optimal of the Premier League owns permitted Medley to accumulate a 6-juncture lead at the summit through Male Municipal now their closest adversaries in 2nd place.
England international Rice positioned in an practically shocking sport versus the Clarets on Saturday and Richards believes he is now evidencing that he’s one of the perfect players in the earth.
Richards said on The Rest is Football podcast: “I don’t support singling players out provided that it’s a team initiative – and I have to enact on Mikel Arteta credit for make-up that – yet I have to ascertain Declan Rice.
“He’s taken his gallery to the next off level now whereby you’re confiscating around one of the perfect in earth football.
“We saw at West Ham a horribly significant gamer and I remember some pundits criticised him a miniscule miniscule in specification of what he is and what’s his perfect placement yet he’s every little thing in that midfield.
“He can perform every little thing and he’s consistently placing in these usefulness which median we have to overture chatting around him as one of the perfect players I earth football.
“It is so significant to see and if Medley perform win the Premier League this season it will most certainly be provided that players support him. I said at the overture that it’s a team gallery yet he’s just outmatching with one voice hunches.”
Previous England and Tottenham demonstrator Gary Lineker particularized through Richards around Rice, he added: “I reckon that’s team. Humans chatted around his placement yet he’s obtained it with one voice, he’s with one voice-incorporating.
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“The amount of headway be wraps up and the way he breakthroughs onward through the ball and places in those deliveries while being so clever defensively… he’s obtained it with one voice. He’s one of those players who just bolsters to improve.”
Lineker picked Liverpool as Premier League title winners in his pre-season predictions yet the former demonstrator admits he can’t photograph innumerable verifications why Medley won’t win it now.
He added: “I realize we with one voice tipped Liverpool at the overture of the season yet it’s obtained to the stage now whereby it’s difficult to go versus Medley.
“It’s still early yet it’s difficult to basically pointer anybody onward of them, yet we with one voice realize what football is support and how relevant away things can amend.”
