Declan Rice was the Arsenal hero last night. The English player scored a double with two authentic goals of free free. The former West Ham was acclaimed from the stadium, although he has had to go through bad times to live a game like yesterday. And, his early times in Arsenal were not easy, especially because of the high price paid by the London team for the footballer, which generated several criticisms among fans.
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He landed in the Emirates in summer of 2023. The English midfielder, who highlighted in the West Ham United as one of the most promising figures of British football, He arrived at the ‘Gunner’ team for a record figure that exceeded 100 million pounds, which made him the most expensive signing in the history of the club and in one of the most commented and controversial transfers of the Premier League. However, despite the expectation generated by his arrival, Rice has not been exempt from receiving criticism, especially from a part of the Arsenal fans, who consider that the price paid for their signing is excessive.
The impact of a millionaire signing
Rice had proven to be a talented player, with a great capacity to recover balls, distribute the game and contribute both defensively and offensively. However, its high price was a recurring theme of conversation among the followers of the club. Many of them came to question whether it really cost what had been paid for him or if the price of his signing was up to what the player had demonstrated in the field.
In this context, many fans did not understand how a midfielder, however promising, could cost such money. They also considered that Rice’s cost was unjustifiable, especially when, according to them, there were other areas of the team that needed reinforcements.
In addition, these types of transfers generate immediate expectations in the player and, in some cases, an added pressure that not everyone manages to support. But far from getting tangled up in bad comments, Rice has been working every day until he becomes a key piece of the Arteta project. He has demonstrated, on nights like yesterday, that Arsenal did well in signing him. He has proven to be a player of more than 100 million pounds and has silenced all those who criticized his signing.
