Arsenal’s transfer record. Massive reinforcement. A guarantee the Gunners will be a serious title contender again.That’s Declan Rice. But the 24-year-old midfielder is much, much more, and the interview he gave to Sky Sports during Arsenal’s US tour reveals a lot about his impressions of the club following the arrival from short summer holidays.Finally: Rice holds the English record with 120,000,000, Arsenal already spent 230,000,000 eurosIt seems Rice is jubilant about his start with Mikel Arteta’s slot and everything he witnessed upon coming to North London.”The energy’s so good. Honestly, from the first moment that I walked through the training ground doors, it was not only the manager, all of the staff, their mindset and mentality is just about winning.”From the physios to the chefs, to the analysts, everyone behind the scenes, it’s all on that focus of being the best you can be pushing yourself every day to become better, a better person and a better player. And I think Mikel, I think that’s exactly how he is. As well as a football coach, psychologically, he’s amazing and he really makes you wanna play for him, which is a massive reason why I’ve come to Arsenal.”##EDITORS_CHOICE##When talking about Arteta, Rice doesn’t hesitate to admit he’s never seen such knowledge about the game. It’s an entirely different setup from anything he’s ever had.”Yes, it’s crazy. It’s honestly crazy. I’m already seeing football in a completely different way. You think you know football growing up and when you play, but when you meet managers like Mikel, you realise you don’t really know anything about football. There are different styles and different ways of playing that I’ve never experienced before.”##NAJAVA_MECA_7393714##Asked about possible on-pitch chemistry with some Arsenal teammates, Rice revealed there was a strange connection between him and Leandro Trossard.”You know what? I think from the first day when I was there, Leandro Trossard. You wouldn’t put us two together, I would say, but he’s a really, really top guy. I sat next to him on the plane. I’ve been with him here quite a lot. He’s just an all-around top person.”I’ve really got on with him and playing against him in the past as well. He was always a pain, so it’s nice to have him on my side now. He’s such a top player, but I feel like with everyone here, like all of the Brazilian guys, the Portuguese guys, the French guys, like everyone is so top, and from the outside you see Arsenal was like a big family together. And that’s exactly what it is inside the dressing room, which is really good,” concluded the former West Ham captain.
