Declan Rice: West Ham star picks the top 5 current Premier League midfielders

Declan Rice has evolved into one of the world’s very best midfielders over the past couple of years.

He’s undoubtedly West Ham United‘s most important player these days and will be promoted to permanent captain once Mark Noble retires at the end of the 2021/22 season.

Rice is also one of the first names on Gareth Southgate’s England team sheet, which is a hugely impressive feat for a 23-year-old who doesn’t play for one of the Premier League’s established ‘top six’ clubs.

If you were to ask most fans of the English game who the current top five midfielders in the top-flight are, Rice would probably feature in the majority of lists.

But what would the West Ham man’s answer to that same question be? Well, thanks to BT Sport, we now know.

The broadcaster sat down with Rice and asked him who he believes are the five best midfielders in the Premier League right now (excluding himself, obviously) and the player’s selections are mighty interesting.

As well as making some slightly rogue calls, the young superstar provided some fascinating insight to partner each choice.

We asked Declan Rice to pick his Top 5️⃣ current Premier League midfielders…