RICE’S CHICKEN GRINNER VOW

Rice: I’ll do the ’Kevin Nolan celebration’ if I hit the target

a World Cup and I’m one of them. To finally be here is so special.

“When you play the games and you are on the pitch, that’s when I think I’ll be able to speak about it.

“I did promise Kevin Nolan my next goal, I’d run off and do the chicken. I think

I’d end up doing 10 celebrations at once.

“If you believe and push yourself then anything is possible and we are on the biggest stage.”

Rice, speaking to the Lions’ Den on England’s YouTube Channel, says he has two big inspirations and will be always grateful to his dad and former West Ham team-mate Mark Noble (below) for the roles they have played in getting him to the World Cup.

“Off the field I would have to say my dad.

“He never put any pressure on me. We always had that close bond and he always wanted to improve me. On the pitch, I would have to say Mark Noble. “When I first got into the first team at 16, he made me feel so comfortable and I don’t think I’ll have a better captain or better person.

“He used to push me and make me better, it was top level.”

DECLAN RICE has promised to do Kevin Nolan’s famous “chicken dance” goal celebration if he scores at the World Cup.

The West Ham midfielder admits it will be a lifelong ambition to play in the tournament – and insists England can go all the way in Qatar.

Rice said: “It’s hard to find the words, I can’t explain it. There’s less than 250 people that have represented England at