Declan Rice’s selected comment on his price tag:

“It’s £100 million, it’s a lot of money, I could understand the pressure that comes with it. Not only the pressure you put on yourself but there’s an expectation of being bought for that much money. People need to see performances straight away. I want to re-pay the club straight away, they have invested a lot of money in me, I need to prove why I can go there and change things. I can see why Jack struggled maybe at the start – mentally. He was a £100 million footballer but as he wasn’t playing as much, it was probably as bit different for him. Now he’s flying and it’s the same for me.”

Man I really want to have mentality like Declan. Big inspiration

What’s great about Dec is that so far all his performances have been a 7+ / 10.

Here’s a hot take - nobody expected he would adapt so quickly and have so many skills in his locker. Dec often talks about his love playing as a 6, but his best games have been as a left 8. Arteta deserves a lot of credit here.

Only people mentioning his price tag are people in this sub when talking about how no one is talking about his price tag lol. Speaks volumes of how brilliant he’s been. Happy to have him for the next 6 years.