Arsenal signed David Raya on loan in the summer from Brentford to provide competition for Aaron Ramsdale. However, they were unable to complete a permanent transfer due to financial constraints and concerns about Financial Fair Play implications.
The substantial spending in the summer has also impacted their activities in the current transfer window. Despite their eagerness to make the most of the market, it appears that January will be a quiet period for the North London club.
Nevertheless, Give Me Sport suggests that Arsenal will face no obstacles in making Raya’s move permanent. Despite struggles in signing new players this month, the report asserts that the club will meet the requirements to secure Raya permanently when the time comes.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Raya is now our number one, and we have no choice but to make his transfer permanent.
However, not signing new players this month is not the way to go because we have a lot of voids in our team that need to be filled.
We are challenging for titles on the domestic and continental fronts, so we have to take every chance to improve our options for the days ahead.
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I hope his transfer isn’t permanent one. He’s been marginally better than Ramsdale last season. But not worth extra 27 millions. But we all know what’s going to happen.
Well, we spent 35M on Ramsdale only to be dumped the next year. Coming season 27M +3M loan fee for Raya and he will be dumped the following year. Add 2M for Runar, got rid of Martinez for 18M and Leno for 10M. What a mess. Hope FFP comes into perspective sooner rather than later. This nonsense merry go round needs to stop.
Ramsdale had a good game yesterday in my opinion.
Two of his long kick outs were putting Saka and Reiss Nelson through behind the Liverpool defense. On both occasions the two front men fluffed their lines badly.
I just hope Ramsdale will be persuaded to remain at the club. It’d only be to Arsenal’s overall best interest if he does.
Got to find over £25mil before any other money gets spent.
Ramsdale the better GK
If u want someone better on the ball
In as GK put Odegard in
I want my GK to make saves
A bad move, im afraid. Not that good and not better than Ramsdale. A goalkeeper situation created problems and solved absolutely nothing.
If Brentford want the Raya deal to be permanent perhaps they should give us a good deal on Toney, lol.
Seriously, if Raya is going to be the long-term #1 and Ramsdale the #2, wouldn’t it make sense to explore selling Ramsdale if he is in fact currently the most valuable GK in the world (according to the newest CIES valuations)?
It’s terrific to have a great backup but there are other more pressing needs for the club and another backup keeper could be acquired, if desired, for less than half what could be made on transfer of Ramsdale.
ps I’m in the camp that doesn’t believe Raya should have been here in the first place and Rams should still be #1.
Raya, brought to Arsenal make no sense. We had bigger problems than goalkeeper.
My main concern is Harvetz that guy is below average even Nicolas Pepe was far better than him. Arteta must just admit that was a failed business transaction. You can’t bench Smit Rowe and field Harvetz
Ramsdale should be back between the sticks going forward.
Yesterday he impressed despite not playing for sometime.
Arteta at times just needs to swallow his pride and accept that things won’t always go the way he anticipated.
Case in example with Pep and Klopp, when Grealish and Nunez were not performing they were both dropped to the bench.
What l am trying to say is it doesn’t matter how much the player cost if he’s not up to the task others need to be given a chance.
Sorry, what has pride got to with it? Why do people insinuate some kind of character flaw when disagreeing with decisions made by the manager. Both GK are pretty good and Ramsdale did a good job yesterday. That’s really all there is to it
I find it amazing that Arteta can find so many faults in Ramsdale that he feels the need to bring Raya in yet fails to see the faults in the calamitous Zinchenko or the failures of Eddie Nketiah and Gabriel Jesus – three players who get regular starts but should be nowhere near the Arsenal first team.
Not sure I understand the premise of the article. If it’s suggesting we buy him now then why, as we don’t need to until the end of the season?
Biggest problem with the Raya/Havertz loan/buy was they weren’t needed and have not strengthened us.
Smith Rowe needs to be played more now fit instead of Havertz ..
Ramsdale is the better keeper period ..
Amazing shot stopper ,yes mistakes are made but all keepers make them !..
He saves us points too..
No doubt, a good keeper but a problem we didn’t need at this time. Just another own goal, unforced error, added to the growing list of errors, courtesy of the rookie manager. I feel for Rambo….
Never could understand getting raya,
Goal keeping is about the only position on the field that you can’t have 2 players with the same ability because their only 1 that can play and their is no way that either of them are going to be happy being no. 2, as for HAVERTZ can’t understand that signing, he had esr, Viera, zinc for no. 8, waste of money he thought he was clever buying him and him playing no. 8 inverted striker but he is neither..
The way out for arsenal is to actualize the Raya loan to a permanent buy which is to pay up the outstanding balance of £27m, then proceed to bid for Toney with another loan request and option to buy in the summer, with this way out the club can avoid any FFP violation, Thanks