The Liverpool-linked Declan Rice has to move to big club in the summer, but not to continue as a defensive midfielder.
That's the view of Danny Murphy, who has revealed that he speaks to the West Ham United star regularly. Rice has emerged as one of the most talented midfielders in the Premier League and is currently forming a potent partnership for England with Jude Bellingham at the World Cup in Qatar.
The Hammers managed to stage off interested parties last summer, but former Liverpool player Murphy admits that there is an air of inevitability about the 23-year-old moving to a bigger club at the end of the season.