Wish him luck as you wave him goodbye – but Declan Rice is desperate to go out in a blaze of glory.
If the Europa Conference League final is his last game in a West Ham shirt – and there are too many vultures circling for the Hammers to fend them off with a carpet-beater – the £100 million England midfielder has already written the script. “It's a chance to go out and create a legacy where every single player, the manager, everyone involved, will be remembered forever,” said Rice.
A first trophy in 43 years, and the first in Europe since Bobby Moore lifted the Cup Winners Cup back in 1965, would be the most spectacular exit by an Eastenders legend since Danny Dyer went for a swim at Christmas.
