Arsenal: Declan Rice wants to be judged on trophies he wins with Gunners

Midfielder Declan Rice says helium wants to beryllium judged connected the trophies helium wins aft his £100m determination to Arsenal.

Arsenal were 2nd past play down Manchester City, contempt starring for astir of the Premier League campaign.

When asked what his purpose was successful joining the Gunners, the 24-year-old, whose woody could emergence to £105m with add-ons, was clear: "To triumph trophies."

He added: "That is wherefore the players we person are here."

This summertime the Gunners person besides signed guardant Kai Havertz joined from Chelsea successful a £65m woody and defender Jurrien Timber from Ajax for £34m.

England planetary Rice, who signed earlier this month, added: "You lone get 1 vocation and astatine the extremity you privation to beryllium determined by however galore trophies you person won.

"I cognize this squad is truthful bare to triumph stuff. We are young and bare and person a batch of energy.

"Off the backmost of past season, they volition person learned a batch truthful this year, with each the competitions we are going into, determination is 1 purpose and that is to win, not conscionable to instrumentality part."

Premier League champions City withdrew from trying to bargain Rice aft they had a £90m connection turned down, portion German champions Bayern Munich besides expressed an interest.

And Manchester United and Rice's erstwhile nine Chelsea - helium was released by the westbound Londoners from their academy astatine 14 - some formed admiring glances successful his absorption without coming up with a factual offer.

But Rice's caput was already made up and the imaginativeness outlined by manager Mikel Arteta sold the nine to him.

"It was a feeling I had, a existent bully feeling successful my gut," helium said. "I person lone been present 10 days but it feels similar that prime has paid disconnected already.

"Individually, determination are things I privation to adhd to my game. I privation to improve, to get amended and larn antithetic things. I consciousness Mikel tin bring the champion retired of me."

Arsenal volition instrumentality to the Champions League for the archetypal clip since the 2016-17 season, a contention successful which they person not progressed past the past 16 since 2010.

"It is going to beryllium the best," said Rice. "It is the pinnacle successful football.

"Not galore players get to play successful the Champions League. Getting that accidental this twelvemonth to enactment connected a garment and to perceive that anthem volition beryllium truthful special.

"In football, you lone get 1 accidental to bash large things and articulation large clubs. That is what the lawsuit was with Arsenal.

"I consciousness similar it is simply a nine that deserves to beryllium successful the Champions League and deserves to person the large nights - I can't hold to acquisition it."