On Sunday, Manchester City and Arsenal square off in a crucial Premier League game as the rivalry for the championship between the two clubs and Liverpool intensifies.
Pep Guardiola believes Declan Rice would be a fantastic asset to any Premier League team. The England player cost Arsenal more than £100 million to sign in the summer.
He led the squad in the 2-2 midweek draw with Belgium to win his 50th Three Lions appearance.
Rice was reportedly considering Manchester City when his exit from West Ham was announced last summer.
But City pulled out after the Gunners broke their transfer record by landing Rodri, the world’s finest midfield player at the moment, on a deal to play at the Etihad Stadium.
For the first time since Rice’s move, Rodri and Rice will face off in Manchester on Sunday. The season could be decided by this game.
There have been times when we wanted a lot of the guys here, but they decided not to join us “Guardiola continued.
“He’s not the first person we’ve wanted to join us but didn’t.” It’s a rather long list. It is not possible since, in essence, they are not willing to attend, regardless of the cost or other circumstances.
Best of luck with his wise decision that he made. Every Premier League team would have signed Declan Rice.”He is a youthful player that leads the England national team as their international captain and participates in a number of games on a regular basis. That’s why Arsenal pushed in that way.