Overview
- Speaking on TNT Sports, Steven Gerrard said he wishes Liverpool had signed Declan Rice and called the midfielder one of the best in the world.
- Rice had just scored in Arsenal’s 2-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen to secure a Champions League quarter-final place.
- Rice joined Arsenal from West Ham in July 2023 for about £100–105 million, a club-record fee for the Gunners.
- Gerrard credited David Moyes with schooling Rice tactically at West Ham and said Mikel Arteta has taken him to the next level at Arsenal.
- Coverage contrasted Arsenal’s move for Rice with Liverpool’s 2023 midfield rebuild that brought in Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister, Ryan Gravenberch and Wataru Endo.