Arteta hopes to have 'lighthouse' Rice at Arsenal for many years

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says Declan Rice has been 'incredibly consistent' since joining the club.

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00:01I think he's very close to what we believe that he could bring to the club, to the team,

00:07and the way he could grow personally as well.

00:11I think he fully deserves it.

00:13I think he's been incredibly consistent throughout the last two years, last season again.

00:19Again, in big matches, in big moments, he's stepping up, which is a massive thing.

00:24If you want to fulfil that role at a big club, I'm delighted that he got it.

00:29That's the way I perceived him, that he could potentially be in a lighthouse.

00:33And now he's become a lighthouse, which is very difficult to do at a big club like Arsenal.

00:40But he fully deserves that. He's done it with every step in the way.

00:45First of all, behaving, acting, and with performances and attitudes that are at the highest level.

00:53Yeah, he's one that I'm sure myself for sure, the club for sure, I'm going to have him here for many years.

00:59How many years?

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