Good luck to him, wish him all the best. A shame we didn't sign him a few years earlier, even when his legs were going you could see what quality he possessed. He came in and more often than not performed for us. His run in the team last season is what really propelled us towards our title challenge and really allowed Rice to show what he can do higher up.
He was known to be a leader in the dressing room, no doubt helped a lot of young players and even on the touch line was like Arteta's man who could get higher up the pitch and shout instructions.