The FAI have confirmed that Declan Rice has been named Ireland’s Young Player Of The Year, the announcement coming, with crushing irony, on the eve of what is expected to be his first call-up for England. Declan Rice of West Ham United during Training at Rush Green on February 25, 2019 in Romford, England. “There’s no decision to be made,” Rice said then. And if I didn’t want to play for Ireland I wouldn’t have been here picking up the award. It’s a dream come true.”And when asked if he might be distracted by a call from England, he replied: “No, not at all.

Source: Irish Examiner March 13, 2019 05:26 UTC