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Declan Rice and Edu Gaspar left blown away by news coming out of Arsenal

Declan Rice is now probably the only player who Arsenal fans will be willing to play 180 minutes of international football over the break, games that are always tense from a club perspective.

As we all know, Rice is suspended for Arsenal’s upco🌳ming north London derby, a huge loss for Mikel Arteta.

But during this international break, Arteta will simply just be hoping that he doesn’t have any more bad luck with injury, given Gabriel Jesus has been absent and Mikel Merino has ju🥀st suffered a freak issue.

Arsenal fans will be praying that the likes ofꦍ Buka▨yo Saka and William Saliba return safely – two of the world’s best youngsters.

Fortunately, both of England’s games are local, with Saka travelling to Dublin before then returning to Wembley to face ෴Finland.

Of course, as has been the case since December 2022, Raheem Sterling has not been called up by England.

Declan Rice shares three-word response as Raheem Sterling handed Arsenal number

Gareth Southgate said earlier this year that Sterling had a ‘fight on his hands’🌟 to resurrect his England career – a fight he’s now taken to north London.

Sterli💖ng is now training with Arsenal at London Colney, and finally received his squad number on Tuesday.

Photo by Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images
Photo by Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images

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Sterling will wear the number 30 at Arsenal, and af▨ter being photographed wearing his new colours and digits, the forward took to to share a message with fans.

The new🔜 Arsenal🌟 signing uploaded a collection of photos alongside a caption of: “New Threads, New Number, New Focus. Buzzing to be a Gunner.”

And although he’s away with England right now, Rice found the time to reply, a♓longside Arsenal’s sporting directorꦡ, Edu.

R﷽ice saꦡid: “They ain’t ready”, whereas Edu simply left some congratulatory emojis for a player who he’ll now know very well.

Declan Rice and Edu Gaspar react as Raheem Sterling is finally handed his squad number at Arsenal.
Declan Rice and Edu Gaspar react as Raheem Sterling is finally handed his squad number at Arsenal. Cr. (sterling7) © 2024 INSTAGRAM FROM META

Sterling can immediately help Arsenal win the North London derby

Of course, Sterling is currently preparing to help Arsenal win the North London d🔴erby, a dramatic game to be making your debut in.

And whilst it will simply be a nice moment for Sterling to get on the piꦑtch at all, he actually might be crucial immediate🌟ly.

Arsenal should definitely start Gabrꦆiel Martinelli against Tottenham, a playeꦑr who is primed to exploit all of the space behind Spurs’ ꩵhigh line.

And althou🙈gh it seems unrealistic to suggest that Sterling will start the game, perhaps he could already be envisioning himself sc🐼oring the winner off of the bench.

Micah Richards celebrated Sterling’s ability to ꧟get in behind opposition defences recently, and perhaps this could be the perfect start for the four-time Premier League winner.