{"id":291461,"date":"2023-09-06T10:19:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T10:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=291461"},"modified":"2023-09-06T10:19:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T10:19:24","slug":"arteta-considering-dropping-arsenal-star-to-give-new-arrival-first-team-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/arteta-considering-dropping-arsenal-star-to-give-new-arrival-first-team-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Arteta considering dropping Arsenal star to give new arrival first-team role"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mikel Arteta is giving serious consideration to dropping Aaron Ramsdale and giving David Raya a run in the Arsenal first-team.<\/p>\n
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Ramsdale has served as the Gunners\u2019 no1 since his arrival from Sheffield United in 2021, named in the PFA Team of the Year last season.<\/p>\n
There has been added pressure this term however following the signing of Raya, arriving on loan from Brentford with the option to make the deal permanent next summer.<\/p>\n
Ramsdale has started all four of Arsenal\u2019s games this season having also starred in the Community Shield victory over Manchester City in August.<\/p>\n
But according to The Mail, the England international is coming under increasing pressure to keep his place in the team with Arteta ready to bring Raya in with the Spaniard \u2018deeply impressing\u2019 the manager and his staff in training.<\/p>\n
Raya\u2019s ability to play out from defence is said to have particularly impressed the Gunners boss.<\/p>\n
Ramsdale came in for criticism following the 2-2 draw with Fulham, caught out by Andreas Pereira after just one minute of play.<\/p>\n
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The 25-year-old was also questioned following Sunday\u2019s 3-1 win over Manchester United, with some suggesting he should have done better to keep out Marcus Rashford\u2019s first-half strike having got a hand on it.<\/p>\n
Arsenal legend David Seaman however defended his fellow goalkeeper, telling the Seaman Says Podcast: Aaron got a touch on it, people have asked me if he should have saved it but I don\u2019t think so.<\/p>\n
\u2018He did really well to get a touch on it and he nearly got it onto the post. He was at full stretch and there is no blame there at all.<\/p>\n
\u2018It\u2019s hard. When you have someone like Rashford you know you can\u2019t go early. He can bend it back in from the post, he\u2019s got the other one where he gives you the eyes and puts it down your right.<\/p>\n
\u2018Or what he\u2019s been doing a lot of the time, and Aaron said this after the game, he\u2019s been shooting at the goalkeepers\u2019 legs to try and get it through.<\/p>\n
\u2018You can\u2019t guess with him. I don\u2019t think I would have saved that at all. Aaron was at full stretch and he was unlucky.\u2019<\/p>\n
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