When Declan Rice was ready to leave West Ham United for Arsenal in a transfer of 105 million pounds that made him the most expensive English player of all time, he had already labeled a “full midfielder” station.
When Rice first burst into the scene with the teenager’s hammers, he was seen differently. His future seemed to be the “number six”, someone who would be projected and shielded, which could become a center-back over time. As such, the early comparisons with the legend of West Ham, Bobby Moore, took place.
“I was always tagged (a retention midfielder) who is only in front of the four behind, now I want to see myself as a box player in box where I can get up and down and create things, as well as help and help the team,” Rice said while still a West Ham player.
What is now, is the midfield engine in the world box. You can do the defensive side of the game where it originally excelled, but does not settle for being the midfielder sitting and has the energy and quality to affect the games in the third attack.
35 goals and helps their first two seasons to ArsenalOf a player formerly seen as defensive, he is a testament to this. It has scored more goals by 2024/25 than by 2023/24 (eight against seven), while ten assists in each campaign, there is time this season to improve it.
It is one of the main reasons that rice has been chosen by Celsius, the fastest growth energy drink in the United States, to be one of the faces of its growing expansion in the United Kingdom.
“As a midfielder from box to box, feeding the right is key,” Rice said about his participation with the brand.
“Celsius gives me this energy impulse with zero sugar, helping -to maintain -to me to fight fatigue so I can travel the distance each game.”
The midfielder Lionesses and the Bayern Munich, Georgia Stanway, has a similar profile on the pitch, a tenacious midfielder who likes to cover all the leaves of grass. She has also been adopted by Celsius.
“Football is a game of great pace, you have to stay sharp for 90 minutes and even until the extension. Celsius gives me the energy I need to help me focus, dig further and fight fatigue so that I can act at the best time,” he said. “… either for the club or the country, or simply pushing -me to the gym.”
