Revealed: Declan Rice did ‘12 laps of the training ground’ as nervous Arsenal star ‘couldn’t watch’ Man City draw deliver the Gunners’ first Premier League title in 22 years

Rice joined Arsenal in 2023, and described the feeling of winning the Premier League as incredibly emotional after the club had to wait 22 years to experience that atmosphere again. He spoke about Saka, who has been at the club since his youth academy days to get this moment. “Emotional. It was like, it’s been 22 years. He’s been here since the start. He’s an Arsenal boy since, what, six? Seven? So for him, God knows how he must feel, because it’s Arsenal legend stuff now for me,” Rice noted.

“But for me, I’ve been here three years and had three narrow losses. So to now win with this team, that’s the reason I’ve come to this club. I knew we’d win. I just knew before. I just felt something good about this club, about these players, and where the players were headed in terms of the trajectory. I knew one way or another we was going to win at some point, and it’s come in the most beautiful way.”