“I’D BE LIMITING MY ABILITY PLAYING AT THE BACK. I’VE GOT MORE TO GIVE IN THE MIDDLE AND GOING FORWARD”

If you were a manager and had Declan Rice in your team, what would you say to get the best out of him on the pitch?

Express yourself, go out there and show everyone how good you are. A lot of coaches gave me similar advice when I was at West Ham – before games, Kevin Nolan was so good at that with me. He’d say some lovely