Declan Rice delighted with U21 role after taste of the big time

Declan Rice admits the desire to resume working with Roy Keane endures but helping Ireland’s U21s break their major finals duck is his immediate objective.

The 18-year-old West Ham starlet had only made his Premier League debut last May, when Martin O’Neill and Keane invited the holding midfielder to their training camp at Fota Island in Cork.

It was no flash in the pan week for the Londoner as he’s started the Premier League campaign as the breakout Irish player.