The 23-year-old West Ham United midfielder wants to break his five goals and aim for 10 every season. Despite having five goals in all competitions throughout 2021-22, He wants to be one of the best playmakers.
Declan Rice is part of the England team that reached the Euro 2020 final, helped them with a remarkable Premier League campaign, while also giving his best goals at West Ham to the semi-finals of the Europa League.
In an interview with Goal, Rice said, “With my ability, I want to start scoring more goals,”
“I’ve got five this year, but that’s still not enough. I should be hitting 10 every season.
“I feel like that’s a goal for me that I should be able to hit, and let’s see if I can do it.
“There’s always a part of my game that I’m trying to improve. My defensive abilities, that I’m really good at, I can still get better. You could always come up against a top player that exposes that, and then you’ve got to be able to go again and improve.”
“I’ve done it with England, but haven’t done it at club level, so I can take that into the next stage of my career.
“I’ve shown I can play and now I can use the experience from those games.”
Yaya Toure is Rice’s football idol. The ex-Manchester City midfielder is an inspiration for Rice. Toure is one of the best-ever midfielders who has every played in Premier League. Rice wanted to meet him one day to seek advice.
Rice added, “I saw his stats earlier today from 2013-14. It was like 20 goals and nine assists.
“He’s one of my favourite midfielders ever and looks like a top guy. It’d be good to meet him one day to get some advice.
“I’ve played 220 career games, which at 23 is crazy, but I want to keep learning fast and improving.”
