Former Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Petit feels that Declan Rice is not being utilized properly under Mikel Arteta.
The Frenchman questioned how the former West Ham star is being deployed at Arsenal.
The Gunners brought in the 24-year-old in the summer in a whopping €116 million deal.
Petit told Compare.bet as quoted by Tribal Football: "Declan Rice's priority for Arsenal should be to maintain the balance of the side and to win the ball back for his team.
"He does those things so well. I think he is wasted a bit in that number 8 role where Xhaka played last season because he is such a brilliant holding midfielder.
"You cannot ask him to play how (Granit) Xhaka played last year because that's not his position.
"His best position is as a holding midfielder and that is where the manager should play him, it's fundamental to how Arteta wants to play."
Rice has scored two goals and provided the same number of assists in 18 appearances for Arsenal across all competitions so far this campaign.
