{"id":24719,"date":"2023-07-17T19:33:20","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T19:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/arsenal-declan-rice-can-be-a-lighthouse-for-gunners-says-mikel-arteta\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T19:33:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T19:33:21","slug":"arsenal-declan-rice-can-be-a-lighthouse-for-gunners-says-mikel-arteta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/arsenal-declan-rice-can-be-a-lighthouse-for-gunners-says-mikel-arteta\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal: Declan Rice can be a ‘lighthouse’ for Gunners, says Mikel Arteta"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Declan Rice trained with his new team-mates in Washington on Monday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says \u00a3100m signing Declan Rice can be a “lighthouse” for the Gunners and the midfielder is “exactly what we needed”.<\/span><\/p>\n

He is their third signing after forward Kai Havertz joined from Chelsea in a \u00a365m deal and defender Jurrien Timber from Ajax for \u00a334m.<\/span><\/p>\n

Arsenal were second last season behind Manchester City, despite leading for most of the Premier League campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I see him like a lighthouse,” Arteta said of England international Rice. “He is willing to put the light in others, improve others and make the team better.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We discussed a while ago how he could evolve the team and compliment the players and take that winning hunger into a team with players who really want to push themselves to a different level.<\/span><\/p>\n

“He has an aura. The experience he has in this league is going to bring the team to a different dimension. He has the physical qualities we were missing for a while. <\/span><\/p>\n

“The way he talks and presents himself. The ambition he has and his passion for the game is exactly what we needed.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Rice was restricted to bike work in the first part of training in Washington before Arsenal’s opening pre-season game against Wayne Rooney’s MLS All-Stars on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

It meant he got a first-hand view of a team that, after exceeding all expectations to challenge for the Premier League for three quarters of last season, eventually had to settle for second place.<\/span><\/p>\n

They have certainly kicked on since. Their \u00a3200m-plus summer transfer spend is the highest in the Premier League.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is not just the signings Arsenal have made – the speed with which they have made them has also impressed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Arteta now has a full month to work with them before the opening Premier League game against Nottingham Forest on 12 August.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, the pressure is on. Even legendary former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger recognises it, tipping the Gunners <\/span>to win the league,<\/span>external-link<\/title><\/svg><\/span><\/a> while Arteta certainly feels it.<\/span><\/p>\n

“For sure,” he said. “After what we did last year, a lot of people are going to talk about what is next.<\/span><\/p>\n

“In the end, it will be about playing better and earning the right to win every match. <\/span><\/p>\n

“We made some important signings, like other teams are doing, but when you are Arsenal, you have to handle that.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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