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Graeme Souness left stunned by Declan Rice stat from Arsenal star’s Euro 2024 final display
Graeme Souness has picked out one statistic concerning Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice following the Euro 2024 final that he feels seems impossible to comprehend as England were agonisingly beaten by Spain on Sunday.
‘What could have been’ may well be the tagline of Declan Rice‘s season, with the midfielder coming so close to glory for 💞both Arsenal and England over ꧙the last 12 months.
Of course, Rice became the Gunners’ record signing when he joined from West Ham last summer, and he went on to play a starring role for Mikel Arteta’s side as they took the title race to the final day of the campaign. Rice received all kinds of plaudits for silencing any talk ove♛r his transfer fee.
And obviously, he was a stalwart of the England side which reached the final of Euro 2024. Gareth Southgate’s men were rarely at their best in the tournamen﷽t, but came extremely close to sealing their first major trophy 🍨since 1966.
Graeme Souness stunned by Declan Rice stat after Euro 2024 final
In truth, a number of England’s stars failed to find their best form, with Rice one of those who c🐎ould not command games in the way he had done so often for Arsenal.
And speaking on , Graeme Souness picke🍬d out one statistic from t🐲he 2-1 loss to Spain which left him almost stunned.
“It was driving me mad watching their midfield play last night, as it has the whole tournament. I’ve been doing some research, Whoscored.com, a very informative website, question for you two muppets, how many forward, completed passes did Declan Rice do in 90 minu♋tes? One. One completed, forward pass in 90 minutes for a midfield player. That’s impossible,” he said.
In Arsenal star’s defence
Many will have different views on what it was that cost England. The likes of Kyle Walker, Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane were nowhere near good enoug🔜h across the tournament, considering the sea💎sons they had for their clubs.
Rice certainly has to be included in that category too. However, he is someone who played more than 50 games during his first year for Arsenal in all competitions – and he did not mi🤡ss a minute at Euro 2024.
There was always a question mark over whether England were going to be able 🦋to find another gear the further they went in the tournament, having toiled in the early stages. However, rather than find another gear, Rice and England simply found that they had nothing left in the tank.