Piers Morgan: ‘Declan Rice is better than Thierry Henry’

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Journalist and broadcaster Piers Morgan claimed that Declan Rice is a better player than Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira, and other players Arsenal have signed since Denis Bergkamp.

His opinion might come as a surprise to some who know a lot about Arsenal’s signings since the 1990s.

‘If you ask me above all else what has been the difference, it’s Declan Rice,’ Morgan said to talkSPORT.

‘I think he’s been the best signing Arsenal have made since Denis Bergkamp back in the mid 90s.

‘Last season we choked the league because we didn’t have the right kind of players with the right mentality

‘I think putting Declan Rice in front of the defence has made it purr, the keeper [David Raya] has proved [Mikel] Arteta’s faith in him right.

‘I think that when you put it all together Arsenal have a better team and mentality last season and are playing football that’s frankly scintillating.

‘I say that as someone who at the end of last year thought it was all over. I thought we were out of it and the team was falling apart.

‘Since that mid-season break the football has been spellbinding at the front and the back.’

Arsenal is a formidable opponent in the Premier League, hotly behind Liverpool and Manchester City who hold the first and second positions, respectively.