Furthermore, Rice believes he could score 20 goals for Arsenal if he played up front.
In November, the England international was asked: “If you could swap positions for one game only where would you play and why?”
Rice replied: “Number nine, a big target man.”
The former West Ham United skipper was asked: “How many goals are you getting?”
Rice replied: “A season? 20 plus.”
Even if the Europa Conference League winner was overestimating himself, Havertz rates Rice highly in attacking positions and perhaps it might be worth the experiment for Mikel Arteta to play him as a striker.
