Declan Rice reveals Ed Sheeran’s signed guitar gift after stunning free-kick against Real Madrid in Champions League
Arsenal playmaker has opened up about the incredible gift he received from a pop superstar after his stunning display against Real Madrid. Rice
and Sheeran’s unlikely bond dates back to the England camp at Euro 2020, when the West Ham midfielders performed a duet of Oasis’ Wonderwall.
“Incredible, amazing, so good แทงบอล UFABET ราคาดีที่สุด ไม่มีขั้นต่ำ and obviously to see Ed and sing with him was another great experience from the Euros,” Rice told Mail Sport in 2021.
Four years on, Rice, now recognised as one of the world’s finest midfielders, took up the guitar challenge for their next musical collaboration, inking a heartfelt message on a gift sent by a popular Ipswich Town fan. Taking to Instagram to show off the instrument, which read : “Declan! Next time we’ll be singing. Kisses. Killer free-kick!”
Rice has since explained the events that led to him sharing the stage with one of the most successful artists of our generation, saying: “I turned up late to a meeting and they said – you have to sing – and I said – no way, I’m not singing. I’d do nothing but sing – they were all laughing. “
Then they went quiet and Harry Kane got Ed to come in and have a little rest and he said – you’ve got to get up and sing – “
I thought – in front of everyone? – so we were sitting on the bench outside and Ed was playing the guitar and I was singing Wonderwall. “
The gift came after Rice’s stunning displays for the European champions, with the 25-year-old netting two incredible free-kicks in Arsenal’s first game as they beat Real Madrid 3-0.