Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice was deployed in the middle of the park for England as they got their Euro 2024 campaign underway against Serbia on Sunday. Arsenal star Declan Rice is vitally important to this England squad. Whilst the likes of Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden, and fellow Arsenal star Bukayo Saka are more likely to grab headlines with the impact they can make in the final third, Rice represents the lynchpin around which Gareth Southgate has built his team. What’s more, there is no proven like-for-like alternative for Rice amongst the Three Lions’ ranks. Only he can do the…
