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I think it’s more to do with his inability to play the system. During pre-season he gave an interview where he said Arteta showed him videos of Pep’s Barcelona and asked him play almost at the halfway line when Arsenal were attacking and he simply couldn’t do that mentally. He went on to say that eventually he and Arteta compromised.
If we know anything abt Arteta, he doesn’t compromise. That’s why he’s out. And I suspect we are still scouring the earth looking for our Alisson. When we do find him, we will sign him and Raya will be the backup.
This is the one for me. Why would a manager compromise with a player who by all accounts, is not going to be key in his tactical set up? Like its clear that Mikel is obsessed with finding ways to help us win the league, how is compromising on how he wants us to play from the back going to work out well in your favour? I dunno, seemed a bit naive on Ramsdale part for me.
Exactly and even if Arteta was willing to compromise you have to compensate for that in some other aspect and ramsdale with his shot stopping wasn’t doing that either.
Yeah ultimately it’s a performance based business and I agree that it’s the inability for him to play in the way Arteta requires him to. I suppose I was (broadly) more intrigued by the discourse around some of Ramsdale’s interviews given what I saw doing the rounds.