Aaron Ramsdale, having lost his first-team place to David Raya, has been suggested as a potential transfer target for West Ham.
The English goalkeeper showcased good form when he was initially chosen as Arsenal’s first-choice goalkeeper. However, he has since been relegated to the bench and is working hard to regain his starting spot. The preference for David Raya by Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has made it challenging for Ramsdale to reclaim the top spot.
With limited playing time at Arsenal, Ramsdale’s potential move to West Ham has been proposed. While a January move might not be likely, it’s suggested that this season could be his last at the Emirates. Former Premier League star Stan Collymore believes that a switch to West Ham could be a suitable option, especially considering the ageing goalkeepers currently at the club.
He tells Caught Offside exclusively:
“I wonder if West Ham might fancy him.
“They’ve got Alphonse Areola and Lukasz Fabianski as their two senior keepers but both are into their 30’s with the latter close to turning 40, so it seems a change in that position is coming sooner rather than later.
“Could Ramsdale be the man for Moyes – I think so, and I also think that’s one club that could offer him exactly what he’s looking for.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
Ramsdale is in a difficult position, and we can all understand his frustration at his lack of game time.
The goalie was doing well for the club before he was ousted by Raya and we believe he will start for a smaller club.
In the summer, we can sign a new goalie and sanction his departure from the Emirates.
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West Ham don’t have the money to sign him.
I remember when arteta brought raya to arsenal ex players like Peter smichael said it can’t work having 2 no l,
He was right, arteta has wasted 35 million on Viera, 65 million on havaretz, 30 million on raya, bloody ridiculous, last summer we needed a left back so yes he bought timber he gets injured and what does he do loan Tierney, we needed 2 cm because of parteys injury problems he buys one, we needed a striker and let jesus and saka rotate for right wing and yes he doesn’t buy a striker..
Having 2 No1 GKs is evidently challenging. It is something several other top teams and managers have had some difficulty dealing with and this has generated some discourse in the past. What is also interesting is the narrative that seems to have developed about this at Arsenal. A number of people have painted an unduly negative picture of the situation including some rather unpleasant insults directed at the manager. Other teams have had two top quality GK at the same time. Although this kind of situation has sometimes generated discussion at other clubs, the way it has been portrayed at Arsenal raises questions about the motives behind such narratives.
Both Vieira and KH cost a lot. It is therefore understandable that there are questions about their performances to date. However, some of the criticism is again unduly harsh. Vieira has been rather unfortunate with injuries since he joined so perhaps should be cut some slack. This is KH first season at Arsenal and he is still young enough to improve and become an even more effective player so the negativity about him is unnecessary.
KT had revealed before that he wanted more games than he was likely to get at Arsenal.
“Everyone” seems to be castigating Arsenal for not going to get a striker. There are question marks about most of the better known strikers around Europe and those considered world class or nearly so are prohibitively expensive.
They are still huge mistakes nonetheless that we have been asked repeatedly to be positive and cut MA some slack.
“Everyone seems to be castigating Arsenal for not going to get a striker”, not now, but last summer when we could afford it. We had £210m to spend, £105m left even after signing DR. It certainly was not prohibitively had MA not wasted our transfer budget by getting his priorities wrong. He should be accountable for it
Fact is, we don’t have two number one keepers. Neither of them are good enough to be number one. They are both second keepers in my eyes. I believe none of them would be good enough for City or Liverpool. That’s the problem we have now. Raya was a gamble and it’s not worked. Now we need a world class keeper if we’re going to win anything with this team.
Who is a world class keeper available by now?