Sir Keir Starmer’s tacky means he ‘signed’ Rice earlier than he’d even joined Arsenal
Leader of the opposition Sir Keir Starmer has joked he signed Declan Rice for Arsenal earlier than he made the swap to the Gunners
Rice, 25, left West Ham over the summer time to affix up with Mikel Arteta’s squad. And he is helped to remodel the Gunners’ midfield as they appear to win their first Premier League title in twenty years.
However, an avid Arsenal fan, Starmer has now claimed he had a cheeky hand in signing the Englishman for this beloved Gunners. Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, the Labour chief revealed: “So, once we performed away at West Ham final 12 months and Declan was nonetheless a West Ham participant I took my son.
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“Mark Noble, Mr West Ham [now the club’s sporting director], took us down to satisfy Declan. And so my boy had his programme open prepared for signing and clearly we put the contract [for Arsenal] in beneath!
“Declan signed it and thought he was signing the programme, but actually he was signing for Arsenal!”
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Rice put pen-to-paper on a £105million deal final summer time, and he has gone on to make 35 appearances within the Premier League – chipping in with six targets and eight assists.
Starmer has tried to be at as a lot of these video games as doable, and he admits he “religiously” places the Gunners’ fixtures in his diary when they’re launched each June. But he added: “So, you think you have secured a slot with the team in the diary… And then it gets moved to a Sunday or worse a Friday!”
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Arsenal are inside touching distance of a Premier League triumph, presently sitting fairly on the high of desk. However, the title is out of their arms, with Manchester City one level behind with a recreation in hand.
If Pep Guardiola’s aspect win their remaining video games they’ll win their fourth title on the spin, and sixth in seven years.
