Declan Rice has admitted he nearly asked West Ham to loan him out to a lower division club last year because he believed he was not cut out for the Premier League.
Speaking to Jamie Redknapp for the Daily Mail Rice said “After the Liverpool game, to be honest with you, I didn’t think I was cut out for the Premier League. I wasn’t in the squad for the next two games, the transfer window was still open and I was thinking of going into the manager and maybe go out on loan – but I’ve just learned the position.
I’ve watched myself. That Liverpool game, I was doing everything wrong. I wasn’t sitting in front of the back four. I was getting attracted to the ball.
I compared it to when we played Liverpool at home. It was two different performances and I think they were only 20 games apart. No one got past me, I was breaking up the play. Now I see myself as a midfielder.”
Read the full article between Declan Rice and Jamies Redknapp at https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6865893/England-newbie-Declan-Rice-considered-West-Ham-loan-exit-August.html