{"id":1513923,"date":"2026-11-04T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?post_type=features&p=1513923"},"modified":"2026-11-04T14:06:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T14:06:22","slug":"tactical-analysis-rice-adding-weapons-to-his-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/tactical-analysis-rice-adding-weapons-to-his-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"How Declan Rice is adding more weapons to his Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Declan Rice<\/a> is already considered one of the best midfielders in the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since arriving from West Ham for a fee of around \u00a3105m in 2023, Rice has been going from strength to strength, with perhaps the biggest compliment you could give him being the fact that nobody even mentions his price tag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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Whether it be the ball-winning tendencies he immediately added to the Arsenal<\/a> squad upon his arrival, the more complete box-to-box qualities unlocking his ball carrying which were further unlocked later on or the elements of midfield control he’s added recently, Rice is constantly adding new weapons to his Arsenal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what exactly is new this season, after the signing of Bruno Guimaraes and a tweak to Rice’s role at the back end of last season?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we’ll cover<\/h2>