West Ham United captain Declan Rice has hit out at comments made by former Liverpool player and manager Graeme Souness last month.
In a column for the Daily Mail last month, the former Reds captain and Scotland international said that to be a top midfielder you have to be able to defend, create goals and score goals, adding that he is only good at defending and that he can see the Hammers captain turning into a centre-back later on in his career.
Rice, who has been heavily linked with a transfer to Arsenal, has now spoken to the media publicly for the first time since those comments, currently sitting second on assists for West Ham in all competitions this season with four.
