Declan Rice is an English midfielder who joined Arsenal from West Ham United in the summer of 2023. A former Chelsea academy player released as a teenager, he rebuilt his career in east London, captained West Ham to the Europa Conference League title in 2023, and became a regular for England.
At Arsenal he is a complete central midfielder: a strong ball-winner who also carries the ball forward and reads the game well. Mikel Arteta uses him to break up play and to drive the team up the pitch, and his presence allows creators like Martin Ødegaard and Eberechi Eze to flourish. His partnership with Martín Zubimendi and Mikel Merino defines how Arsenal control the middle.
This page holds our latest Rice coverage: injury and fitness updates, contract and transfer news, England duty and match analysis from ArsenalCore. We follow his form, his role in the press and his influence on big games, so you can keep up with one of Arsenal’s most important players.

Declan Rice has revealed that Arsenal want him playing more as a No.6 this season, and he thinks it is his best...

Arsenal fans have heard it all before: Sandro Tonali is better than Declan Rice, Moises Caicedo is the best defensive midfielder in...

Arsenal have 19 players away on international duty this November, and eight of them could be on the pitch at the same...

Mikel Arteta says Bruno Guimarães is hitting serious levels after the Arsenal midfielder ran the 1-0 win over Hull City, and confirms...

Mikel Arteta has brushed off any suggestion that Arsenal are overworking Declan Rice, and in the same breath explained why he keeps...

Ben White is back in the England squad for the first time since March, one of five Arsenal players named by Thomas...

Ezri Konsa and Declan Rice are both on the eight-man shortlist for the Premier League Player of the Month award for October,...

William Saliba has waited since the summer for his first game of the season, and Hull City at the Emirates on Saturday,...

Viktor Gyökeres earns a 9 for his goal and assist in Prague, with Martín Zubimendi, David Raya and Noni Madueke close behind.

Mikel Arteta was happy with the three points in Prague but not with much of what came after half-time, and he took...

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