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<\/p>\nClose to half the Irish fans surveyed would like to see Declan Rice win the Premier League with Arsenal.<\/p>\n
15:27, 16 Feb 2026Updated 15:57, 16 Feb 2026<\/p>\n
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Declan Rice playing for Ireland in 2018(Image: Mandatory Credit \u00a9INPHO\/Laszlo Geczo)<\/p>\n
Declan Rice and Ireland football fans have a complicated relationship.<\/p>\n
Rice burst onto the scene in an Irish shirt in 2018 having excelled for West Ham<\/a> in the Premier League, and the youngster looked as though he was going to be a mainstay for the Boys in Green<\/a> for many years to come.<\/p>\n Less than a year later, Rice had switched allegiance to England, and has gone on to make 72 appearances for the Three Lions, playing in both the Euro 2020 and 2024 finals.<\/p>\n These days, alongside his England career, Rice is a driving force in an Arsenal team that are looking to win the Premier League under Mikel Arteta<\/a> for the first time since the Invincibles went undefeated in 2004.<\/p>\n Should Arsenal win the title this season, they will become the first team outside of Manchester City and Liverpool to win the Premier League since Chelsea in 2017.<\/p>\n And it appears as though plenty of Irish fans would like to see Rice and his teammates get the job done, with a recent poll conducted by Tonybet <\/a>revealing that 43% of Irish fans want Rice to get over the line.<\/p>\n That subset of fans may have been a particularly forgiving bunch as based on the reception that Rice received when England took on Ireland in 2024, it seems plenty of fans haven’t forgiven him for defecting to England.<\/p>\n