Former Arsenal striker, Alan Smith has urged that Declan Rice is Arsenal’s most vital participant this season beneath supervisor Mikel Arteta.
Smith insisted that Rice has no substitute in Arteta’s squad, including that it will be an enormous loss if he received injured.
Requested how Arsenal will address any harm blows of their bid to turn into Premier League champions this season, Smith advised Metro UK: “We have now seen Arsenal lose a few key gamers, haven’t we?
“Martin Odegaard was maybe the primary one, however [Eberechi] Eze got here in and we now have probably not seen a drop-off.
“Declan Rice could be an enormous loss if he received injured since you would lose that drive in midfield and his set-piece capacity which has turn into so vital. They’ve probably not received anyone to interchange Rice.
“The defence has been very good however even on the again, [Cristhian] Mosquera has are available in at instances and they’ve [Piero] Hincapie as nicely, so Rice could be the largest loss for me.”
