Declan Rice brushes off Graeme Souness criticism: “The game’s different now” Declan Rice has said laughed off criticism from Graeme Souness and insists the 'game's different' to when the former Liverpool midfielder played.

Souness has been critical of Rice on numerous occasions during recent punditry, criticising the Arsenal star for playing “old man’s football” and “cheating” in his midfield role, while insisting he’s a “centre-back”.

Souness suggested on Piers Morgan's Football Uncensored that Rice was having little impact on games when dropping deep to begin the build-up between the centre-backs.

He argued that the 27-year-old was taking up…

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