Rice 'glided' with Arsenal squad straight away - Arteta - video Dailymotion

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta praised Declan Rice for the instant impact he's made since joining from West Ham

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00:00 He's been great. He's had such an impact from day one. It's not easy when you come from

00:06 a club that you've been there for a long time but his heads are really good. He's a great

00:11 group. I think they've been really, really supportive with him as well. There are players

00:17 that they just come in and glide and they become part of it straight away. I remember

00:21 a conversation I had with him. We were still in the US in pre-season and I think it was

00:26 eight, nine days and he said it feels like I've been here for two years. That's a good

00:32 sign. He was really enthusiastic, eyes open, ears open, very willing to learn, to take

00:38 information and on top of that as well, he needed to absorb an enormous amount of responsibility

00:45 and expectations. That's a difficult bag sometimes to carry and he's done it in a really composed

00:53 and calm way and that's very impressive because he's still a really young player.