It's a heavy box, this one. Really heavy.
That's not real, is it?
I'm not getting that out.
Oh nice.
Hi, I'm Declan Rice,
and this is Box 2 Box.
I've got loads of boxes to look through, zero idea.
Let's get going.
What's in here?
Oh,
wow.
This was my favourite shirt as a kid.
I remember going on holiday and being with my brothers, my family,
and literally nonstop all holiday wearing this shirt.
I think it's iconic, obviously,[Beckham] on the back,
proper good memories of me in this as a kid,
probably my favourite kit of all time as well.
So many good players,
obviously Becks was the icon, so yeah,
To have him on the back
and obviously wear the shirt was
like a dream as a kid.
For you, was he the best player in the Real Madrid team?
Oh, what a question.
I wouldn't say he was the best player in that team.
Obviously, I would have to go with R9 [Ronaldo].
I was only young then,
so, you know, for me,
just looking at these players, it was more
you'd see him on YouTube, you'd see the clips
they do and the key moments they have in games.
He was a massive part of that.
Some of the assists he got for them players as well was top
so, you know, I'll put Becks up there,
but R9 was probably my favourite.
Unbelievable. And yeah, what a shirt.
I wish it fit.
I'm excited.
Yeah, so as you can see
these are probably my favourite boots of all time.
The top players that wore these boots,
pretty much everyone. It's crazy
Boots make you think of memories in football.
I think Becks was obviously the one
that I remember the most wearing them.
I think he might have played in these ones
in the 1999 Champions League final.
No better boots to wear and to beat Bayern Munich
and obviously win the Champions League.
You see like English player Stevie [Gerrard]
when he was wearing them when he was coming through
What's the best strike you've seen from Gerrard in a Predator?
Well, how many goals has Gerrard scored?
One goal sticks out, I think he scored at Goodison Park
where he dropped a shoulder and placed one into the top corner.
I think he was wearing these boots that day.
No better boot to hit a football with.
But I love my boots,
and to be fair, this is probably my favourite one.
This is a real special pair.
Best thing is I don't even know
what any of these things are.
Shall I try it on?
I don't think it looks too bad on me.
Looking good mate.
I love my music.
See, with Liam [Gallagher], I managed to go to Reading
and watch him perform and got to meet him.
That was incredible.
Obviously everyone knows Oasis songs,
everyone knows the lyrics to Oasis songs.
I feel like music's so good, you know,
I think it's a massive part of my life
I like my American artists at the minute.
So yeah, they're the ones that get me going and get me ready.
Would you have been a rapper or a rockstar if you weren't a footballer?
Probably a rapper instead of a rockstar.
I'd have to come up with a name.
D-Rizzy or something.
Rice, obviously, Rice would turn that into Rizzy
and we'll just take Declan away and keep the D,
so D-Rizzy, like a fake Drake.
Yeah, my old school, Grey Court.
Some of the best times I've had in my life came at this school.
I was only there until year nine.
Had to leave to go to the West Ham school.
But just the people I met, the fun I had and
the time I had was just so special.
I was playing like left wing and striker then
in school times.
you know, when you're playing in academy football
as a kid and everyone
just wants to give you the ball to kind of attack.
I remember just putting one in the top bins
from about 40 yards, but I can't really claim that
because the keeper was about three foot
and the goal was a full sized goal.
So I'm going to claim it, but it was probably
a bit unfair at the time.
I loved playing for the school.
I was just pulling out all sorts,
yeah, I was just trying to score as many as possible
and of course just expressing myself
and having fun with my friends.
I wish we recorded the games.
It just be so good to go back and watch.
Obviously we couldn't do that.
So yeah, I just have to go with the memories.
Yeah, it's a really special school
and holds a good place in my heart.
Yeah, it's a heavy box, this one
really heavy, much heavier than what's
been in here before.
Oh, nice. Oh, that is a heavy one.
And of course, a really nice one.
My first England man of the match.
Yeah, it was the way we won, 2-0.
So special playing for England in the first place.
And then, of course, you know, playing well enough
to get the votes of the fans,
to get man the match and, you know,
a really nice trophy to go with it.
So, yeah, I was I was buzzing when I got that.
Probably say it's one of the best games I've had
for England, for sure.
Playing for England's obviously so special, it's Wembley.
Every kid's dream is to play at Wembley.
You know, we changed the perception,
people want to come and watch us, they enjoy watching us play.
When you got that call for your first cap, how did it feel?
Yeah, it was, you know, a moment I'll never forget.
You know that call that
you were called up to go and play for England,
Of course then,
you know, I knew I was going to be playing and training
with these world class players.
It was, you know, a moment I'll never forget.
My mum was at home and I remember taking the call and
seeing it come up on Sky Sports and everything.
Just felt a bit surreal that moment
that, you know, I'll cherish forever.
obviously as an England fan as well as a player,
Some of the players we've got in the squad now,
it's scary how good they are.
But yeah, I feel like if we went and won in Qatar,
well. that would be the
first one since 1966
so it would be it would be massive.
A lighter one. Back to the light ones.
Wonder what this is.
Great photo. This is...
a West Ham legend.
His name's Dennis Lepine.
As you can see we had such a good relationship.
He sadly passed away with cancer.
But, yeah, the times we had together
when I first moved to West Ham,
so I was 14 then, and you know, he was kind of like
a second dad to me in a way because
we just got on so well.
I was seeing him every day, he'd pick us up for school.
He'd bring us home from school
I just feel like I could talk to him about anything.
He would always be there for me.
He was a massive influence,
not only on me, on loads of other people as well.
I feel like them people when,
when you've got them people in academy football,
you know that
you can speak to if you need anything
you can have a laugh with.
He was a top man and a massive West Ham fan as well.
So great times and good memories.
I can open both of them?
You can only open one...but you get to keep what's inside it.
I honestly have no idea.
I don't know what to pick.
I feel like I'd get more use out of something light
than something heavy.
I can't believe you've put me in this position.
I'm going to take the heavy one.
Just yeah, I'm going heavy.
If I pick up the light box, you're going to go
"are you sure?"
Buzzing.
I'll have one of them now.
My mum isn't going to be happy, I tell you that.
Yes, my two favourite sweets, squashies and strawbs.
You would have to raid Tescos to fill this up.
I would have never worked out what that was, ever.
You know what's mad? Up until...
probably about two weeks ago,
I hadn't drunk a fizzy drink or sweets
in about two and a half, three months.
And now I've got this back in my face, so
I'll probably have to go back to eating sweets.
Problem is now that I've eaten one
it's just coming back, they're saying "eat me more"
Yeah, to be fair, I get on really well
with the the club nutritionist
I wind him up all the time.
If I'm in a shop buying a drink
or sweets, I'll send him a picture.
I feel like when I did cut out them sweets and fizzy drinks
100% I felt a difference in terms of energy.
It's important to me that I eat the right stuff
so I can perform at the best level possible.
Can I have another one?
What's in the other box?
Do I get to look?
I don't know, I just felt it was more intriguing
to pick the heavier box.
I wanted to know what was in the heavy one.
Honestly, I don't know, because everything that's
came in the boxes, I've not got a clue what's been in there.
Obviously, there's the sweets option there,
so is it going to be a healthy option in here?
I don't know, let's have a look.
That's not real, is it?
I'm not getting that out.
Because I hate spiders.
No, it's a fake one, 100%.
That one's not though...where your hand is.
Right, lucky enough they're not real.
I hate spiders with a passion.
So I'm buzzing I picked that box and not that one.
The spider is not good for me. No chance.
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