DECLAN RICE danced into the West Ham Under-18s dressing room after they thrashed Arsenal to win the FA Youth Cup.
The young Hammers defeated Jack Wilshere’s side 5-1 at the Emirates in front of 7,000 of their travelling fans.
George Earthy, Callum Marshall, Gideon Kodua, Kaelan Casey and Josh Briggs all got on the scoresheet.
After the match, Rice gatecrashed the wild celebrations as the club won the cup for the first time since 1999.
The first-team captain ran into the dressing room and began to dance and rap with the squad along to Lil Baby’s 2017 hit Freestyle.
It has been a fantastic year for the double-winning West Ham Under-18s after they picked up the league title to add to their trophy cabinet.
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The season has also seen wonderkids Divin Mubama, Ollie Scarles and Casey get first-team minutes in the Conference League.
Rice, who came through the academy himself, has been mentoring a lot of the youngsters.
Director of football and club legend Mark Noble also pays close attention to the squad.
Both sat in the stands alongside former assistant boss Stuart Pearce and golfer Billy Horschel last night.
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West Ham fans are keen to see more of their youngsters get minutes for the senior outfit, with plenty joking they are better than the first-team after they smashed Southampton 6-1 in the semi-finals.
And there is big hope for them as the last time the Irons won the Youth Cup 24 years ago the likes of Michael Carrick and Joe Cole were in the team.
Rice will now turn his focus to keeping West Ham in the Premier League and lifting silverware of his own.
David Moyes’ side face AZ Alkmaar in the last-four of the Conference League.
Rice’s long-term West Ham future is in doubt amid interest from Arsenal.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
