@dailymailsport: Graeme Souness has delivered another scathing assessment of Declan Rice, claiming the Arsenal midfielder plays “too deep to affect the game” and suggesting he could be better suited to playing at centre-half. Souness argued that Rice is often the last man in Arsenal’s build-up, “sitting between two centre-halves”, and therefore “doesn’t play in midfield.” The former Liverpool star praised Rice as “the best defensive midfielder in the country” but insisted he is “not the complete midfield player”, even questioning whether he would get into Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich or Manchester City’s midfield. Souness also blamed Rice and Elliot Anderson for England’s World Cup semi-final collapse against Argentina, claiming they “didn’t get them playing” and instead “went back in held hands with the back four.” #declanrice #graemesouness #PremierLeague #arsenal #football

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