{"id":289603,"date":"2023-09-05T11:34:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T11:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=289603"},"modified":"2023-09-05T11:34:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T11:34:28","slug":"declan-rice-can-learn-from-sergio-busquets-says-ian-ladyman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/declan-rice-can-learn-from-sergio-busquets-says-ian-ladyman\/","title":{"rendered":"Declan Rice can learn from Sergio Busquets, says Ian Ladyman"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Inter Miami&#8217;s Sergio Busquets is a &#8216;world class player&#8217; and he doesn&#8217;t score goals, Mail Sport&#8217;s Ian Ladyman insists on It&#8217;s All Kicking Off in debate over Declan Rice&#8217;s role at Arsenal<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice can take a leaf out of Sergio Busquets&#8217;s book\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>Mail Sport&#8217;s Ian Ladyman argued why $132m signing doesn&#8217;t have to score goals\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast\u00a0It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice can learn from Sergio Busquets as the Inter Miami star became an &#8216;absolutely world class player&#8217; without scoring goals, Mail Sport&#8217;s Football Editor Ian Ladyman has argued.<\/p>\n<p>Both central midfielders earned big summer moves with Rice swapping West Ham for the Emirates in a $132million deal, while Busquets was a marquee signing for David Beckham&#8217;s franchise alongside Lionel Messi.<\/p>\n<p>There is much debate over whether Rice, who scored a dramatic all-important second goal in the Gunners&#8217; 3-1 win over Manchester United on Sunday, should add more goals to his game.<\/p>\n<p>Mail Sport&#8217;s Ladyman and popular columnist Chris Sutton joined the discussion in this week&#8217;s It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0podcast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t agree with it,&#8217; Ladyman began when it was put to him that the likes of former Liverpool captain Graeme Souness had suggested Rice should find the back of the net more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/05\/11\/75073221-12479291-image-m-9_1693910670035.jpg\" height=\"521\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/05\/11\/75073253-12479291-image-a-10_1693910676843.jpg\" height=\"521\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice can learn from Sergio Busquets as the Inter Miami star became an &#8216;absolutely world class player&#8217; without scoring goals, Mail Sport&#8217;s Ian Ladyman (L) argued<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/05\/11\/75074159-12479291-image-a-11_1693910931566.jpg\" height=\"445\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>There is much debate over whether Sunday&#8217;s matchwinner Rice should score more goals<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My favorite holding midfield player I&#8217;ve ever seen play is\u00a0Sergio Busquets at Barcelona.\u00a0I think we all agree an absolutely world class player.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He played 481 times for Barcelona in LaLiga over 15 years, how many goals do you think he scored? Eleven, good effort.<\/p>\n<p>Sutton replied: &#8216;The point is about the role Busquets is playing and if Declan Rice is playing a role as a No 8, a bit higher up then I think that Graeme Souness has a fair point then we would expect him to score more goals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If he&#8217;s playing as a holding midfielder then you&#8217;re right, you&#8217;re both right.<\/p>\n<p>Ladyman continued: &#8216;Busquets 143 caps for Spain, how many goals?<\/p>\n<p>Sutton responded: &#8216;Five.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The answer is two.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ladyman added: &#8216;The point is made that there is a role for Rice to play in that Arsenal team obviously, He played quite deep yesterday. I&#8217;m not sure that scoring goals has to be part of that.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/05\/12\/75074649-12479291-image-a-16_1693911901978.jpg\" height=\"498\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Busquets enjoyed an illustrious career alongside Lionel Messi at Barcelona before Miami move<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When you look at that team, [Gabriel] Martinelli by the way, what a footballer he is. There&#8217;s goals in that team that don&#8217;t have to come from Declan Rice surely.<\/p>\n<p>Sutton finished off the debate: &#8216;In terms of how he&#8217;s going to be viewed further down the line it&#8217;s about Arsenal winning trophies. He&#8217;s never going to turn into a Frank Lampard, a super prolific goal scorer but to be viewed as a real all-rounder I think Graeme Souness has a point.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Busquets followed Messi to Miami as a free agent over the summer.\u00a0The former Spain international played alongside the superstar at the Nou Camp from his Blaugrana first team emergence in 2008 until the Argentine&#8217;s emotional goodbye to join Paris Saint-Germain in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>While Messi has understandably dominated the headlines, Busquets has locked down the Miami midfield and played a pivotal role in their dramatic upturn in form.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12479291\/Inter-Miamis-Sergio-Busquets-world-class-player-doesnt-score-goals-Mail-Sports-Ian-Ladyman-insists-Kicking-debate-Declan-Rices-role-Arsenal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inter Miami&#8217;s Sergio Busquets is a &#8216;world class player&#8217; 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