West Ham United captain Declan Rice has heaped glowing praise on midfield colleague Lucas Paqueta following his impressive form in recent months. What Paqueta has showed is his quality and ability to produce fancy flicks, tricks and dribble past players with ease at times. Based on his recent form, Rice feels that Paqueta is now showing what he is capable of and admits to be baffled by some of things he is able to do in training.
Declan Rice said: “He’s incredible, honestly, he’s absolutely incredible. It’s obviously taken him a while to settle into the Premier League and into the training ground, moving his family over. I think now you’re seeing the real Lucas. Some of the stuff he does, even in training, it’s just mind-boggling how good he is.”
Rice went on to compliment Paqueta further by saying the confidence he plays with allows him to make things happen for himself and his West Ham teammates. West Ham’s midfield star and England ace believes that any of West Ham’s players would struggle if they attempted to recreate some of things he has produced.
Declan Rice continued: “It’s just the confidence he’s got and the time he creates for himself on the ball. The confidence he has in his own ability to beat players and do mad skills. If we tried that, we’d have no chance. You’re starting to see the best of him now so long may it continue.”
