I’M SPEECHLESS! | Declan Rice to CAPTAIN England against Belgium

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00:00 Latest squad news? Hendo not 90 mins, Cole possibly, Jude absolutely can play 90 mins, he had cramp and missed a lot of football, everyone else has come through training
00:50 (Rice) ahead of 50th cap: I’ve grown so much as a person, I was nervous when I first came in and I’ve played more games at a higher level and grown into it, 50 caps is a pinch me moment
01:40 Do you feel how important you are and do you worry about burnout? Not at all, I absolutely love it, player a lot of games in first few years at West Ham, absolute honour to play for Arsenal and England, hopefully I have a long list of trophies to follow
02:50 Ivan will be involved in the game for sure, the plan for the week is a bit different and we’re finding out about more players
03:24 Brazil tactics on Bellingham? I think Gallagher got fouled as many times as anybody, we could have ended up playing against ten but better exercise to play against 11
04:10 have you gone to another level this season? I think I’ve played consistently well throughout the season, position has changed a lot since West Ham but still so much room for improvement and things I can get better at, enjoying the six and the eight
04:58 Rice will be captain, he’s here and it’s his out cap, a brilliant opportunity for some of your young players to show leadership now
05:50 Your reaction Declan? Speechless to be honest, when he said to me last night I hugged him and shook his hand, I owe him a lot, on my 50th cap to walk out as England captain will be an absolute honour
06:35 Alzheimer’s society support? It’s something we all have to deal with, increasing reality of life that it effects us all in one way or another, great to raise awareness
08:05 Injury problems cause? We have to take best possible decisions with players available, can’t worry about what we haven’t got, it’s an incredible number unavailable to us.
09:12 Our plan is still to give players time to recover in the summer
10:03 Important for fans at Wembley to stay with the team tomorrow? I think they did against Brazil, recognised we were playing well and had young players on pitch.
11:10 Did the paper plans bother you? I saw some after ten mins! I’m not a big paper plane man, we’ve had that throughout and doesn’t always reflect the game
11:46 Lack of number sixes and Rice playing as an eight? It’s brilliant for him, he’s a good finisher and we’ve seen that in training.
13:03 (Rice) challenges of playing both roles? So different roles at Arsenal, sometimes I’ve been the highest man up the pitch which is unnatural to me, think my strongest position is six, every time he says I’m gonna play eight I’m really excited
13:54 What have you learned at Arsenal which you can take into England? The way our manager wants his sixes to play, look how Rodri plays, a lot of the play comes through me and the more I’ve played under Mikel I’ve gained that confidence
14:45 First we had to convince Declan it would be a good decision to play for England and that was borne out with some of the big games he’s played, almost all of the games he played then were the biggest games of his life, now he’s been involved in a lot.
16:31 leadership potential when you first saw him? No question, you get a feel for a person and with Dec you could sense that stability and maturity, already gained good experiences and I’m pushing him, young lads entitled to boss around older ones.
17:42 England closer now than they ever have been to winning a tournament? Talk of the town before every tournament, if you look at players we have now everyone playing really well and I think we’re close now, we have major winners in the team
18:57 Disappointed with final ball and set pieces against Brazil? It’s something we have looked at a lot over the winter because we haven’t been delivering the same numbers.

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