Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice has been nominated for the Premier League’s Player of the Month award for October.

Arsenal's Declan Rice celebrates their victory on the pitch after the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Manchester City at the Emirates Stadium in London on October 8, 2023. (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Arsenal’s Declan Rice celebrates their victory on the pitch after the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Manchester City at the Emirates Stadium in London on October 8, 2023. (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

The Premier League have confirmed their nominees for the October Player of the Month award, and Arsenal’s Declan Rice is among those in contention.

You can vote for the midfielder here, as he joins Douglas Luiz, Bryan Mbeumo, Pedro Neto, Cristian Romero, and Mohamed Salah in the running for the accolade.

Manchester City's Croatian midfielder #08 Mateo Kovacic (L) and Manchester City's Norwegian striker #09 Erling Haaland (R) gestures to Arsenal's English midfielder #41 Declan Rice (C) after he goes down under a challenge from Kovacic during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Manchester City at the Emirates Stadium in London on October 8, 2023. (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Manchester City’s Mateo Kovacic (L) and Erling Haaland (R) gesture to Arsenal’s Declan Rice (C) after he goes down under a challenge from Kovacic during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Manchester City at the Emirates Stadium in London on October 8, 2023. (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Rice perhaps had his best month yet for Arsenal, scoring a long-range goal against Chelsea and assisting one against Sheffield United, as well as playing the full 90 minutes of the win over Manchester City.

Though he didn’t score or assist against City, that match was one of Rice’s better games for his new club, shutting down multiple attacks from the opposition and keeping the Gunners in it until the end.

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There’s no doubt Rice had an excellent month, and he also impressed and provided an assist against Sevilla in the Champions League, but that won’t count towards this award.

Arsenal's English midfielder #41 Declan Rice (R) runs with the ball during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Sheffield United at the Emirates Stadium in London on October 28, 2023. (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images)
Arsenal’s Declan Rice (R) runs with the ball during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Sheffield United at the Emirates Stadium in London on October 28, 2023. (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images)

With Tottenham Hotspur dominating the Premier League Player of the Month awards so far this season, it would be nice to see Arsenal wrestling back control of the individual accolades.

Rice has also been nominated for Arsenal’s Player of the Month award for October, along with three other players.

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