He is certainly no old hand himself but Declan Rice is getting a close-up view of the future of English football … and is blown away by it.
Rice only turns 24 in a couple of months time but has long since established himself as one of the leaders in Gareth Southgate’s squad.
And the West Ham captain is helping guide Jude Bellingham and Bukayo Saka along an international path that will stretch a long, long way into the future.
