John Terry’s big support for Rice

Declan Rice is rightly being promoted as the next big thing at West Ham United.

And he’s gained the support of some exalted company in John Terry whom he grew up under as a member of the Chelsea Academy before switching to the Hammers three years ago.

The 18 year old has been in outstanding form since pre-season began and now looks booked for a place in the squad for Sunday’s game at Old Trafford.

He of course led the Under 23s to promotion from Premier 2 Division 2 last night but looks set to miss their opening fixture against Everton at Dagenham and Redbridge tonight (k/0 7pm) in favour of Old Trafford.

But yesterday he was in the company of a former mentor from Stamford Bridge John Terry during a golf day and the Aston Villa central defender made no mistake of his feelings for the lad as a footballer as can be seen from his Instagram message pictured above.