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Declan Rice admits struggling with pressure of £105m price tag

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Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice has admitted struggling to get to grips with the pressure of his £105m price tag. Rice was chased by the Premier League's elite during the summer and, after Manchester City failed with a bid of £90m, Arsenal swooped in to strike a club-record deal worth a whopping £105m - making Rice the most expensive English player ever. The 24-year-old has made a solid start to life at the Emirates, starting each of Arsenal's 12 Premier League games so far as the Gunners sit third in the table, just one point behind leaders City. "When the transfer was going through I was very nervous because of the price tag," he told The Telegraph . "It’s natural to think about that. You’re a human being bought for £105m, it doesn’t feel very normal! "But that was because of what I’d done at West Ham, what they valued me at. When I signed for Arsenal I just thought, 'I just need to be Declan Rice', be myself, don’t be any different, everything...

Taiwan says Chinese warships pass through Taiwan Strait as Beijing keeps up pressure on island

Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says it detected three Chinese warships, including the Shandong aircraft carrier, passing through the Taiwan Strait, as Beijing keeps up pressure on the self-ruled island BEIJING -- Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said Saturday that it detected three Chinese warships , including the Shandong aircraft carrier, passing through the Taiwan Strait, as Beijing keeps up pressure on the self-ruled island it claims as its own. The ministry said it was monitoring the movements of the ships and will respond accordingly. In a tweet, the ministry said that the three vessels were headed north along the Taiwan Strait at noon and were steering along the west of the median line — an unofficial boundary once tacitly accepted by both sides. China has stepped up its Military activities around Taiwan in recent months amid deteriorating U.S.-China ties. China claims Taiwan as its own territory to be brought under its control by force if necessary and regularly sends ships and warplane...