
Liverpool’s legendary former captain Steven Gerrard has been left to wonder “what could have been” when wistfully reflecting on Declan Rice’s move to Arsenal rather than Merseyside in 2023.
The former West Ham United midfielder was a wanted man that summer. Fresh from becoming the first Hammers skipper since Bobby Moore to lift a European trophy with the east London outfit, Rice was keenly sought after by a host of Premier League clubs.