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Gareth Southgate has confirmed Declan Rice will captain England for Tuesday night\u2019s friendly at home to Belgium.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rice is in line to win his 50th senior cap for the Three Lions at Wembley and is set to skipper the team in the absence of usual captain Harry Kane. The Bayern Munich striker has withdrawn from the squad due to a hamstring injury, while his stand-in \u2013 Kyle Walker \u2013 sustained a hamstring problem early on in Saturday\u2019s 1-0 defeat to Brazil on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Walker handed the armband to Harry Maguire when he limped off the field, but the Manchester United centre-back has also withdrawn from the squad due to injury.<\/p>\n

At a press conference on Monday, Southgate announced Rice would be the one to wear the armband and lead\u00a0England\u00a0out against Belgium.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m speechless, to be honest with you,\u201d a beaming\u00a0Rice\u00a0said. \u201cI\u2019m absolutely lost for words.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think when he [Southgate] said to me last night I was going to be captain, I gave him a hug, shook his hand and said, \u2018thank you very much\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cI owe him a lot. Since I\u2019ve first come into the team, he\u2019s made me feel at home, I\u2019ve always felt so comfortable playing under him and I\u2019ve really grown in confidence. So on my 50th cap, to walk out at Wembley in front of my family, my friends, it\u2019s an absolute honour. I think you can see it by my face!\u201d<\/p>\n

Rice made his first England start five years ago on Monday and has become a lynchpin in Southgate\u2019s midfield, while he has since won a European trophy as West Ham United captain and earned a \u00a3105m move to\u00a0Arsenal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I\u2019ve grown so much as a player and a person since I\u2019ve come into the group at 19,\u201d Rice added. \u201cI was probably a bit of a nervous player when I first came into the England squad.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut as time\u2019s gone on, I\u2019ve played more Premier League games, more games at higher levels, big major tournaments.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I\u2019ve grown in stature in this side and I\u2019ve enjoyed every single moment of it. 50 caps is a \u2018pinch me\u2019 moment. It\u2019s going to be an honour tomorrow night and I\u2019m really looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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