Declan Rice reckons Souness' criticism of him as a one-dimensional mifielder was 'harsh' but has taken the crticism 'on the chin' ahead of the European qualifiers.
Date published: Thursday 23rd March 2023 8:17 -West Ham captain Declan Rice has hit back at criticism of his game and said he takes “harsh” comments made by pundits such as Graeme Souness with a pinch of salt.
He has been largely praised for his performances in Gareth Southgate’s side but was recently the target of criticism from Souness. Rice, though, claimed Souness does not watch West Ham enough to have formed a worthy opinion on his apparent shortcomings.“There’s loads of West Ham fans, 60,000 go every week, and see what I do. So I think to say I’m only good at one of three things is harsh.
“There has always been loads of talk around my name. But for me, now I’m here, it’s about these two fixtures for England and of course when I get back to West Ham it’s about playing the best I can for that club to get us out the relegation battle and win the Conference League.” “It’s one of those where you take it with a pinch of salt and try not to let it affect you that much. I can take criticism on the chin quite well. If it is that way I can see where I can improve.”Southgate’s team tasted defeat to France in the World Cup quarter-final in Qatar having previously lost the Euro 2020 final on penalties to Italy.
“Without a doubt, yes,” Rice replied when asked if the loss to France will be used as motivation moving forward.
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