Declan Rice has blown a fuse over continued talk of leaving West Ham United.
The midfielder has been named club captain after the retirement of Mark Noble.
"Everyone knows my relationship with the players here, the manager," said Rice.
"I've never once complained, every time I put on the shirt I go out there and give it one hundred per cent and whatever happens off the pitch takes care of itself.
"I can't control that - what I can control is going out there and trying to be the best player."
Rice accepted that he can't do anything about the reports, despite the fact they bug him.
"It's annoying because of the numbers that get attached to your name," he added.
"You can't control that at all but there's stuff sometimes that you see and you read that you don't want to hear, because it's not really true in a way."
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