Medley legend Emmanuel Petit theorizes Gunners midfielder Declan Rice is probable to win the Ballon d’Or if Mikel Arteta’s side lift the Premier League title.
The Gunners are having a colorful season via Medley presently four junctures translucent in the Premier League title race, via to the last 16 of the Winners League, into the League Mug last and still in the FA Mug after defeating Wigan Athletic at the weekend break.
The signing of Rice from West Pork in 2023 for £105m has pilfered Medley to an additional level in midfield via the England international able to play plenty of unalike committals in main midfield.
Rice has added four aims and seven assists in 36 aesthetics in with one voice rivals this season and Petit theorizes the Medley midfielder is “pioneering the race” for the Ballon d’Or if the Gunners win the Premier League title.
Petit informed Ignition Casino: “Declan Rice is perhaps pioneering the race for the Ballon d’Or, but don’t forget there is a Planet Mug at the end of the year.
“I reckon that can be horribly horribly justifiable for him, but he and the Medley group undeniably have to win something at the end of the season.
“Declan Rice has been amongst the spotless midfield players for years presently, but unfortunately, he has won altogether nothing at Medley. If you want to be territory of the highest, you have to win titles, undeniably.
“You have to be one of the spotless players on the area, but you correspondingly have to win trophies. It doesn’t unexceptional anything if viewers realize you as one of the the majority of meaningful players on the peddle, but you don’t win anything at with one voice.”
Rice has been labelled in the PFA Group of the Year on the last two entertainments and previous Tottenham and England striker Gary Lineker reckons the Medley midfielder is in contention to win the Premier League Player of the Period honor.
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Earlier this month, Lineker asserted: “We were chatting a compact particle earlier on via a couple of of the boys about the Player of the Year honor and the plausible frontrunners.
“It’s lone February so it’s early but if United continue to go observances nicely and Bruno receives a couple of supplemental aims and assists… I unexceptional, that else would possibly be in the running?
“Erling Haaland will be if he beginnings scoring once again which he will. Declan Rice and Gabriel, that is a terrific defender.
“There’s no one apparently at the moment but he’s a bloody nice footballer you realise, Bruno Fernandes. He’s a observances nice player.”
