There have been numerous rumours regarding the future of Aaron Ramsdale since he lost his position as Arsenal’s number-one goalkeeper. Despite performing well last season, Ramsdale has been relegated to the role of second choice following the arrival of David Raya.
Raya has been selected as the new number one, and Ramsdale’s recent performance against Brentford did not provide much assurance. Consequently, speculation has increased about Ramsdale potentially leaving, with reports linking him to various clubs, including Chelsea and Wolves.
However, according to Football Transfers, Arsenal has not received any offers for their former number one, despite the ongoing transfer rumours. The report suggests that this situation suits Arsenal, as they are not currently looking to offload Ramsdale.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Ramsdale is a fine goalkeeper, and keeping him in our squad for now makes sense.
He is one of the top players in the group and our second choice, so we cannot allow him to leave in midseason.
In the summer, we could consider his departure and ensure we replace him with a another goalkeeper.
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“Ramsdale’s recent performance against Brentford did not provide much assurance” Short memory and has had his confidence knocked. He was the keeper in the team that got us in the champions league and the reactions of the other Arsenal players at the end of the match on Sunday, to their credt, showed their complete support of him, unlike Arteta who could barely say his name in post match interviews.
“Ramsdale is a fine goalkeeper, and keeping him in our squad for now makes sense. He is one of the top players in the group and our second choice, so we cannot allow him to leave in midseason”
That is all well and good if Ramsdale wants to stay and fight for his place but Artetas attitude and potential loss of England squad place to Pope (Pickford, Johnstone)may shape his view. For the second half of the season, he may be at Arsenal in body, but as the season goes on, increasingly not in heart, mind and soul and therefore will not perfom at his best if called upon.
It seems that Arsenal seem to have a problem with managing no 1 goalkeepers and churn them over e.g. Ramsdale, Leno, Martinez and further back Szczęsny, Fabaianski etc. Sometimes when watching other teams matches I think Arsenal is the training academy for goalkeepers! Raya will probably join the list in the 2024/2025
He’s hardly likely to have any suitors when he makes statements like the ones he made to Ian Wright.
“If you ask me to focus on a game of football for 90 minutes I’m finished. I can’t do it,”
“I have had my two/three minutes of sort of madness in my head – straight back to the football. I’ve got 10/15 minutes of pure concentration again. Next thing you know, half-time is around.”