
Leader: Declan Rice
(Picture: PA)Declan Rice believes he is ready to take more games “by the scruff of the neck” as he gets used to life as West Ham captain and closes on top form ahead of next month’s World Cup.
Rice took over the captaincy on a permanent basis following the retirement of Mark Noble at the end of last season but had, by his own high standards, endured a slow start to the campaign.