Thomas Tuchel has named Declan Rice as England’s vice-captain for this summer’s World Cup.Rice was instrumental in the heart of Arsenal’s midfield as they won their first Premier League title in 22 years last season and has long been considered as a future England captain.The 27-year-old arrived in Palm Beach Gardens on Saturday and trained for the first time on Sunday along with Bukayo Saka, Noni Madueke and Eberechi Eze after the quartet were given extra time off following their Champions League final defeat to Paris Saint-Germain on May 30.“I think I would say Declan is my vice-captain,” Tuchel said in his post-match press conference on Saturday.Rice’s led England out as captain for the first time in March 2024 in a friendly against Belgium. He also wore the armband in Kane’s absence in a 3-0 win over Wales in October, which is when Tuchel said his mind was made up.“That is a good question,” Tuchel responded, when asked whether Rice knows he is the vice-captain. “I was just thinking about it (and) whether it is an official thing or not.“But I think we had this talk when Harry was not in camp with us. We started with Ollie and I think Declan was captain. That was where I told him.”Against New Zealand at Tampa Bay’s Raymond James Stadium on Saturday, which was the first of two warm-up games for England, Tuchel played with a different starting XI for each half.He is yet to decide his approach for the Costa Rica friendly in Orlando on June 10, although he did suggest some players would be on the pitch for longer, especially as they will have a behind-closed-doors game against Miami United before heading to their World Cup base in Kansas.Asked whether Rice, Saka, Eze and Madueke will feature against Costa Rica on Wednesday, Tuchel said: “I am not sure about that. Let’s see how they come back. They come back today (Saturday). Three training days and let’s see.“We have one more match behind closed doors to manage all the minutes because of course, let’s say if someone plays 70 minutes against Costa Rica and someone else only plays 20, that is also not enough so there will be players who only had 20 or 30 minutes and will play the next day again.”England will open their World Cup campaign on June 17 against Croatia at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.