Big summer Arsenal capture announces ‘he is blown away’ by new boss Mikel Arteta

Declan Rice has revealed his biggest shock since joining Arsenal and is ‘blown away’ by boss Mikel Arteta.

ARSENALalmost won the Premier League for the first time since 2004 last season, amassing 84 points to finish narrowly behind Manchester City after falling away towards the end of the campaign.

That has prompted the Gunners to splash the cash and add some players to the side – with Declan Rice being the most expensive arrival – and now the midfielder has opened up and revealed that he has been blown away by his new boss.

WHAT HAS BEEN SAID – 

‘In the last four weeks, I’ve grown so much already and learned so much about football that I hadn’t seen before,’ Rice told TNT Sports.

‘I’m honestly seeing the game in a completely different way already. Tactically, on the ball, off the ball. I’m happy to know I’m learning so much because I’m trying to push myself to learn.

‘Since the Community Shield, I feel I’ve taken a big step; everything is starting to click. I was blown away by Arteta] and working with him day-to-day, it’s just another level.

‘Seeing how he works, how his mind operates, picking up stuff, seeing how he goes into detail on the opposition, and how he wants to improve us as players, individually and collectively, is really impressive.

‘It’s just the finer details of what he goes into, so there are no excuses on matchday. You can’t say, “we’ve not worked on this or that”.

‘You’re given everything and it’s literally down to you to go and perform. The finer details you go into are on another level, and I’ve never seen that before.

‘From the moment I walked in the door, the thing that shocked me most is how much [winning] is drilled into the club, and the way the manager is drilling it into the players about winning, and not being far off being one of the best teams in the world.

‘That’s what excites me and that’s why I came to ARSENAL; to win things, to play under Mikel, and play with these players. It’s such an exciting project to join.’

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