Coming to this winter transfer window, if I asked you to name three Gunners you thought wouldn’t be at the club come February 1st, I’m confident Aaron Ramsdale would be one of them.
After a solid 2022–23 season in which he helped Arsenal return to league contention and qualify for Champions League football, the Englishman was unlucky to lose his starting spot after Arteta chose to sign David Raya last summer. Despite the fact that Raya and Ramsdale are so comparable, the summer signing is Mikel Arteta’s first-choice goalie.
With EURO 2024 coming up this summer, Ramsdale needs to play more, or risk missing out on the England Three Lions squad for the European championship.
Ramsdale is reportedly interested in leaving Arsenal this winter so as not to miss a spot in the England team for EURO 2024, according to Sky Sports’ Dan Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick says so as he reveals he had a chat with Ramsdale last year, and the ex-Sheffield man expressed his willingness to leave Arsenal if things don’t get better for him.
“I spoke to Aaron Ramsdale on England duty back in October,” said Kilpatrick on Sky Sports. “And he more or less said then, and he had only recently lost his place to David Raya, that if he could not get back into the Arsenal team, he would have to consider his options because of his concern for his England place.
“He was only playing in the domestic cups, and Arsenal are now out of both, so his prospects of playing in the second half of the season look really bleak.
“From a personal point of view, I think Ramsdale would be interested in a move away from Arsenal. He wants to be in that England squad for the European Championship. He’s said as much.
“I definitely think he will be interested in a move, but whether Arsenal are is a different thing.
“I think Mikel Arteta has been pretty clear that he doesn’t want to lose Ramsdale and said it would take an astronomical offer to get him out of the club this month.”
Arteta is unlikely to drop Raya in favor of Ramsdale. Even if Ramsdale is aware of this and pushes for a transfer, an interested club will have to present Arsenal with a very enticing offer to let him go, considering Arsenal’s lack of plans to recruit a goalkeeper this winter.
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To create a fair competition between Ramsdale and Raya, Arteta should give UCL games to Ramsdale
If Ramsdale thinks we won’t be able to proceed to the next knockout stage in UCL, he could refuse to stay
Arteta as a experience footballer himself and now a coach knows it’s not always easy keeping 2 Top keepers together. No sentiments from me, considering how massive Ramsdale was for Arsenal last season I think he should consider his options. It’s not about UCL it’s also for him to go for Euros. Keepers can easily suffer deep when they don’t play regularly.
Yeah, Newcastle might need a new GK because Pope is injured
If it were fair, then Raya should be dropped for his poor performances.
It is clear for all to see Arteta is trying to prove himself right at the cost of the club.
LETS CUT TO THE CHASE. Not a single serious minde fab saw any reason to bring in RAYA AT ALL.
MOST SERIOUS MINDED FANS STILL PREFER RAMSDALE AND THOSE INCLUDE ME.
I am in fact saying loud and clear that bringing in RAYA FOR THE SUPERIOR RAMSDALE WAS A BAD MISTAKE.
I agree that this move caught everyone off guard, because Ramsdale hadn’t done a lot wrong.
I guess he was a bit erratic at times, and got us into a trouble now again playing out from the back, which is maybe what Arteta thought we could improve on. It couldn’t have been much of an improvement though as Ramsdale had otherwise been excellent, and young enough to improve.
I guess Arteta wanted squeeze maybe an extra 10% out the position. It’s strange, because Raya hasn’t exactly blown the roof off, yet I feel far relaxed with him in goal than I ever did with Ramsdale.
I feel bad for Ramsdale and he should move on this month.
The frustrating thing for me is that Raya is equally if not more erratic than Ramsdale.
Raya’s numbers are better but Arsenal is playing so defensively that the stat is a bit misleading.
I just don’t see the advantage or gain.
If I was Ramsdale I would be jumping up and down to get out. Only an injury will give him a chance to start.
When you look at the teams that Arsenal is fighting with for the Premier League tittle you will find out that our team has an inexperienced and completely an immature Manager in charge. That is not because of the fact that he’s not experienced but because of the things he does.
Pep and Klopp have been with Ederson and Alisson for a long time. Having good second choice goal keepers who can be patient sitting on the bench. Instead of finding a good backup he wanted to drop Aaron who is even much better than Ederson. If City and Liverpool cannot have two high profile Goal Keepers, How do you think it can work for Arsenal?
Secondly How, really How on Earth can you tell me that Havertz is the highest paid player at Arsenal? It makes me go crazy! It’s really unbelievable. What do you think other players are thinking about this? That’s a HUGE HUGE sign of a team with a Problem.
I also believe it was a huge mistake! I hate that arteta done this when the money was needed elsewhere. Ramsdale was great last season arteta didn’t need to F with that position. I prefer Ramsdale and would like to see him back in the team! Raya should have earnt the spot and I don’t think he has up till now! It’s not too late Mikel to bring him back. It’s obvious this has hurt deeply and I’m sure Ramsdale has lost trust and confidence in the manager but that could work one of two ways he’ll be an average goalie or he’ll go on to be one of the best. The question is will it be with us?
My worry is that his confidence is now shot at Arsenal.
Unfortunately we have not seen the “competition” that we were led to believe. Raya vs. Ramsdale in goal? Seems Arteta has his mind made up and skip the competition.
That competition could sharpen and inspire both keepers, help the defense and team get even better. Unfortunately, I don’t see any improvement in goal, only a waste of time and funds to change Ramsdale with Raya.
Very harsh on Ramsdale IMO, perhaps he needed to be taught a lesson and made to earn his starts? Reasonable when you are chasing titles, no one should be guaranteed to start.
However, Ramsdale is not even getting chances to win back his place, to even compete for chances to start.
I honestly don’t understand why Ramsdale was sidelined by MA. Raya is not an upgrade from what I have seen so far this season. You may remember a similar occasion when Leno received similar treatment when Ramsdale replaced him? Maybe it’s a question of style, but the why buy Ramsdale in the first place. Presumably the option to buy Raya will be taken up in which case I would not blame AR if he moved on.