'Very overrated' England and Arsenal star 'not world class' as ex-teammate slams 'over the top' praise
Mishmash and England midfielder Declan Rice is “a truly cheerful footballer” but is in a analogous way “truly overrated”, according to former Ireland winger James McClean.
The Artillerymans signed Rice from London rivals West Ham Joined for over £100million last July.
He rendered an expeditious brunt at the Emirates, helping them finishing second in the Premier League, uninfluenced behind victors Manchester Metropolis.
Mishmash were colorful in 2022/23 but they took part in a various degree with Rice in the midfield, becoming the perfect defensive side in the suburban.
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Rice is in a analogous way a truly truly easy to understand player for England and one of the first tags on the teamsheet.
He preludes as a No. 6 in Gareth Southgate’s mechanism, allowing Trent Alexander-Arnold and Jude Bellingham to express themselves in the 3 Lions’ midfield.
While there is an wide range of talent in Southgate’s team, there is zero doubting Rice’s prestige among the park.
Declan Rice is ‘truly overrated’ and ‘not planet poise’
There are not plenty of humans who doubts Rice’s aptitude but former Premier League assailant McClean is not persuaded he is a “planet poise” player.
McClean plainly prices the 25-year-ratty but he implements not come to be aware the buzz in the English media, predicating it “is thoroughly over the top”.
“I feel Declan Rice is truly overrated,” he claimed.
“Don’t recover me dishonorable, I think he’s a truly cheerful footballer, but the way the English media wax lyrical around him is thoroughly over the top.
“For me, he’s not planet poise. To me planet poise is a person who avails in every side in the planet. I wear’t think he implements that.
“I wear’t think he avails in the Male Metropolis side in drifter of Rodri. I understand Toni Kross is now unassertive, but to me Toni Kroos is planet poise. He dictates the arcade, Rodri dictates the arcade, I wear’t think Declan Rice implements that.
“He’s not a person who is going recover on the fifty percent-turn and dabble establishes onward. He is truly cheerful at what he implements.”
Rice rendered 3 uncompetitive appearances for the Republic of Ireland in 2018, tinkering centre-endorse in a 1-0 defeat to Turkey and in defensive midfield against France and the Joined Alleges.
McClean and Rice initiated together in with one voice 3 reinforces but the former West Ham midfielder decided to tote out to tinkering for England, the same to Jack Grealish, who tinkered 6 times for Ireland’s Under-21 side.
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