Jamie Carragher infuriates Arsenal fans with major claim about Declan Rice - as pundit fires warning about 'next 12 months'

Arsenal fans are outraged astatine Jamie Carragher's proposition that Declan Rice and different cardinal stars volition soon beryllium questioning their aboriginal astatine the club. 

Carragher believes Arsenal hazard losing cardinal players including Rice unless they tin get their hands connected silverware soon. 

The Liverpool fable warned that Rice, who signed for Arsenal for £100million successful 2023, whitethorn beryllium having headaches implicit his aboriginal if they person different barren season.

It has present been 5 seasons since the Gunners lifted a trophy too the Community Shield.

Arsenal came from down against champions Liverpool to pinch a 2-2 gully astatine Anfield connected Sunday, each but sealing Champions League football. But aft different frustrating twelvemonth of being nearlymen, Mikel Arteta has travel nether scrutiny and Carragher fears they hazard losing the squad they person built.

'I don't deliberation close present [Rice volition beryllium doubting his future],' Carragher told Sky Sports. 'I deliberation for different players possibly successful the squad who person been determination a small spot longer.

'In presumption of Declan, I deliberation he's been Arsenal's champion subordinate this season. I'm not saying he'd springiness it different 12 months, but I deliberation those doubts possibly footwear successful in different 12 months.

'It mightiness beryllium antithetic for idiosyncratic similar a [William] Saliba, who has been determination a small spot longer and is hopeless to get his hands connected immoderate silverware. 

'I don't deliberation determination volition beryllium immoderate thoughts similar that close now, I deliberation they each consciousness they're truly close. They are precise close, but we each cognize arsenic players the last measurement is the biggest one.'

Rice is contracted until 2028, with an enactment of an other year, though the likes of Saliba, Bukayo Saka, and Gabriel Magalhaes spot their deals expire the play before. 

Arsenal fans person deed retired astatine Carragher and Sky Sports connected X, believing helium is conscionable 'trolling' the perennial second-placed outfit. 

'Jamie Carragher conscionable taking shots astatine Arsenal, near and right! Arteta, Saliba, Rice, the board. No objectivity, nary investigation conscionable a Twitter Troll employed by SKY,' 1 instrumentality said.

'No actual shot analysis, conscionable creating imaginary narratives each week,' different said. 

One wrote: '[Gary] Neville and Carragher person been a disgrace each play (and for immoderate time) connected Sky, but some took it to caller levels contiguous - Neville’s Arteta appraisal and Carragher’s Rice vocation threat. Seemingly without immoderate consequences from the radical who tally the level they’ve been given.' 

Another questioned: 'Is this the aforesaid Carragher who said, "I’m sick of radical telling Liverpool fans however they should feel?" Yet present helium is assuming however Arsenal players feel.'

However, immoderate supporters were connected committee with Carragher's sentiment.

'Not truly definite wherefore radical are bothered by it? As agelong arsenic we proceed failing to triumph trophies, this worldly volition continue,' 1 said.  

Another wrote: 'That’s existent words said close there, Declan needs to beryllium with the nine and spot what’s the program ahead, due to the fact that this feline is connected his prime, and helium deserves better.'

Arsenal person so travel adjacent nether Arteta this season, having reached the semi-finals of the Champions League and Carabao Cup, though they are 15 points down Liverpool and mislaid to Manchester United successful the FA Cup 3rd round.

Injuries person been a mitigating condition - Saka, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus, Ben White, and Martin Odegaard person each endured medium-long word injuries. Havertz and Jesus won't beryllium backmost until adjacent season. 

After Arsenal bushed Real Madrid 5-1 connected aggregate successful the Champions League quarter-finals, Rice seemed to hint astatine wanting a semipermanent aboriginal astatine the club.

'I sensed it earlier I signed that we were connected an upward trajectory, I felt it,' helium told TNT Sports.

'This nine is going to bash peculiar things implicit the adjacent fewer years, we each afloat judge it. We person afloat spot successful this manager, he's unbelievable.'