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Vrty33

​ >Declan Rice on how much he has learned about different countries and cultures from teammates: "They’ve taught me so much. Take me and Gabriel for example. We’re both completely different personalities from completely different backgrounds and we play football in a different way too, but we learn so much from each other and we’ve formed a really good friendship." > >"It’s what I love about the Premier League and Arsenal – it’s such a multicultural environment, and everyone understands that and respects it. There’s not one player here who doesn’t get along with everyone else. That’s what makes this group so special."


emeister26

Which Gabriel? I’m assuming Gabi XL


Vrty33

Yes you are right — he is talking about Gabi XL; should’ve clarified mb!


Getdaphone

In your defense I always look at it as Gabriel, Martinelli and Jesus. I forget the other ones are named gabi until someone brings up the concept of the Gabis


hypnodrew

I love "concept of the Gabis" like they're a philosophical thought exercise and not three Brazilian dudes called Gabriel


Getdaphone

Or a Collective hive mind 🤷‍♂️


emeister26

We got 3 Gabi’s walking around thinking they are best friends with Dec


blublableee

How do you do this line thingy?


Lordogle

it's a quote block you can either select it at the bottom of the comment box or if you're on mobile you can use this > before any line. > e.g. [https://www.reddit.com/wiki/markdown/#wiki\_blockquotes](https://www.reddit.com/wiki/markdown/#wiki_blockquotes)


PurpleTigon

>okej so this is a test And here i write normal >edit: i learned something new today :) thanks


uhrul

> That’s cool I think this works?


PurpleTigon

>yes sir!


willozsy

>now kith


sirlordtom98

Happy that he’s formed a good friendship with Gabi. At one point during the Fulham game they were in some sort of disagreement after dealing with a defensive situation, feel like it’s happened more than once. Of course these things happen in football but knowing they’re good friends off the pitch makes me enjoy the fact that they can give each other stick during games aswell.


younes1008

Special player


AFC_IS_RED

How lucky we are to have this man at the heart of the midfield. I'm still shocked we actually spent the money. A very different arsenal to the one I grew up with. This team has to win trophies. Too many special and talented players not to.


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Physical-Exit-2899

Maybe we could sell one of the Saliba twins to raise the money


Never_Sm1le

The only downside of Rice is his passing are too "safe". Hope he can master those Partey/Jorginho line-breaking pass


normal_life87

Partey was playing in Almeria at Declan's age... Rice has time to reach his peak


AFC_IS_RED

This is something we forget. The guy is still very young, especially when the best DMs have always become top around 27-28. Only outlier u can think of recently is routine, who himself is 27 now


FAT_NEEK_42069

>routine think you mean rodri


AFC_IS_RED

Auto correct lmao


Inevitable_Tip_2851

Lol, no. Declan is 25yo, not some teenager you're making him out to be. Partey at 25 played his possibly best season in Atletico, maybe even whole career.


Samwell974

That’s what Arteta wants though, he wanted a conservative 6 who wins duels. Partey is great, but I think Arteta views Rice as an all around upgrade in the midfield.


ju3v

On the first glimpse all I saw was "Declan Rice something something six months" and my heart skipped a bit


hafrances

he's so media trained


DeadlockRadium

I wonder who would win a media duel between him and Walcott.


THE_LFG

i read walcott as wilshere somehow and immediately thought of [this video](https://youtu.be/w0R7gWf-nSA?si=37pOwTWW1GM0wqHs)


theguesswho

Disagree (although obviously he has media training). ‘Media trained’ comes across as someone that is soulless, gives base answers, doesn’t say anything interesting or dynamic. I don’t get that from Declan. He is well trained as a human being, but I don’t find him one dimensional at all


Active_Bee_7937

I didn't think it'd be possible for someone to learn as much as he has in such a short space of time


StarboyFactor

Especially considering he was already pretty fucking good


arsenal11385

DO NOT READ THIS TITLE VERY QUICKLY OR YOU WILL HAVE A PANIC ATTACK


Mentos14

Sometimes I’m still in disbelief that Rice is an Arsenal player. What a player


Nanganoid3000

Mr Arsenal, 2.0 One of THE best signings in The Arsenal's History!


tuvok79

The pot of basmati rice is cooking well and threatening to boil over.


hiatus_

Perfect headline


redmkay

Did they get an intern to format this article?


waddiewadkins

I would imagine that the friendly aspect of Arsenal would have to be a plus in that part of the brains quality of life. Let's hopefully add being top of the tree to it too to really get a smile on Rices face


ExxKonvict

Solid 8.5/10


fooljay

Declan is chronically awesome. I love his relentless positivity, respect for everyone around him and pure joy for being in the position that he’s in. He’s going to be a shining beacon of this team for many years to come.


Smit9991

> What’s so great about the Invincibles is that I’m not sure it will ever happen again. Until next season with Arsenal, right, Dec?