Declan Rice should be England captain – his stunning free-kicks aren’t the only way he can emulate David Beckham

THE comparisons with David Beckham were obvious once Declan Rice bent in two long-range free-kicks to demolish the champions of Europe.

Arsenal’s £105million man had kept his dead-ball prowess pretty quiet during the first 405 games of his professional career.

EPADeclan Rice can bend it like Beckham and he should follow his path by becoming England captain[/caption] ReutersBecks skippered the Three Lions on 59 occasions[/caption]

But in his 406th, in a Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid...