Though we almost certainly know David Raya will remain Arsenal’s No. 1, the Arsenal goalkeeping department could undergo a major upheaval. But before we see the new Arsenal goalkeeping department, there is one snag: Will Aaron Ramsdale get the fresh start he seeks?
Ramsdale’s future is quite uncertain ahead of the next season. According to James McNicholas of The Athletic, Arsenal is looking to raise at least £30 million for Aaron Ramsdale this summer. Apparently, the club will neither drop the asking price for the England international nor agree to a loan exit.
With that said, there are now just a few clubs in Europe that can afford to match Arsenal’s requirements. Even though most of these teams already have their top goalie, the Englishman, who is eager to return as a first choice, might only consider joining them if he receives a guarantee of his game time. The hope now is that there can be substantial changes occurring in these clubs’ (who can afford Ramsdale) goalkeeping departments, allowing them to convince Ramsdale, who can still perform on the biggest stages, to join.
The Gunners appear to be waiting for the Englishman to leave because they plan on improving and shaking up their goalkeeping. They’re interested in Wolves’ Dan Bentley, whom they believe would make an excellent No. 3. They’re also looking at Espanyol’s promising custodian, Joan Garcia, as a direct replacement for Aaron Ramsdale.
The idea appears to be clear: Ramsdale out, Bentley in, and Garcia in. Given that he does not want to remain on the reserve list next season but no team is seriously interested in bringing him back, I hope Aaron Ramsdale gets the transfer he desires, but I would actually prefer him to stay with us, fight for his place, and get more action in cup games.
We just can’t guarantee that David Raya will not pick up an injury…..
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He should leave for his career’s sake
I agree completely. It’s OK saying that Ramsdale should stay for Arsenal’s sake but what about Ramsdale’s sake?
He’s second choice for Arsenal and for England. He’s not going to progress with England until/unless he gets first choice status, and all the games that go with it, at a PL club. He simply can’t/won’t get that at Arsenal (unless the club has just wasted £30m on Raya!).
Arsenal should sell Ramsdale for as good a price as they can get – although it won’t be the reported £50m Arsenal are supposed to want, which is crazy in my opinion.
As for Raya being injured, Arsenal needs to do what every other PL club does – find a competent back-up who is happy to step in as/when needed in the PL and probably play domestic cup games as well. That’s totally different from the current Raya/Ramsdale situation where neither considers themselves as a back-up.
Apparently Southampton are interested in signing Ramsdale, can’t see him being a No2 there. £30m sounds about right.
With our record in selling players, I would consider 30 million a win.
I bet Arsenal have got an offer for Ramsdale, otherwise they wouldn’t have looked for a new GK
If he was a Chelsea player, they would manage to sell him for +50 million easily. They’ve already sold 3 homegrown players for +70 millions who have total of 30 PL matches between them.
Our negotiators are complete amateurs and have been for years.
Oh and by the way, one of those players was Hutchinson who we let leave for free less than 2 years ago, now worth of 20 millions.
The Omari Hutchinson example is rare and doesn’t actually prove that Chelsea are better than Arsenal at selling players.
Chelsea are with our doubt better at selling players than Arsenal David ,give it up buddy ,a quick Google search will tell you everything you need to know 😂
They made 200 million last season alone ,we have made 176 million in the last 5 years under Arteta .
In fact 450 million since Arteta took charge and this season alone before it’s even kicked off they have made 90 million from sales
I’m actually shocked that someone who talks down to fellows fans daily would t have that info to hand .
You had to bring Arteta, didn’t you? Btw, when did he join the player’s selling price negotiator at Arsenal? Or did I miss any news? Should we now blame Arteta if the food at the Emirates Stadium sucks? Like, “since Arteta has arrived, the food at the stadium has been abysmal.”
Shouldn’t we be blaming the folks who actually negotiate player’s price with other teams? And don’t tell me because Arteta didn’t play Ramsdale so his price has gone low. Because we are making the point how cleverly Chelsea negotiates prices for players who have played so little. So, I agree our negotiators are not up to the mark, but bringing Arteta into the mix is just trying too much.
I said since Arteta took over ,everything I said was fact if my numbers are correct and it has everything to do with Arteta as he is the manager
I was under the impression that the managers are not part of the price negotiations for the outgoing players. Scouting? Yes, Discussing the player profiles to get? yes, Negotiating the price of the incoming players? Maybe, but taking part in price negotiations for the outgoing players? I don’t think so. Or maybe I don’t know much.
It just seems like blaming a teacher if the students’ guardians don’t pay full annual fees for the school.
There is no point in arguing with someone who lacks insight and thinks they are clever. The superficial cherrypicking of certain figures without considered thought and analyses is typical.
You are talking about yourself there.
I am sure Arteta will give his feedback on what he thinks of a player’s price tag, whether buy or sale. But I am quite certain that he is not attending negotiation meetings, nor does he have any final control. In fact, I don’t even think the negotiator sets the price, the club does, and the negotiator goes out to try to reach that price. But the final OK for a transfer to go ahead is not exclusively in the hands of the negotiator, I would think.
I would expect the board or a subsection of the board has a much more significant influence on accepting final pricing for sales and purchases.
Not only Chelsea would manage to sell Ramsdale for $50m, they would also manage to offload Kepa to Arsenal for $35m 🤣
Meanwhile Okonkwo has left us for free 🤣🤣🤣
Want a list of the chelsea bloomers in the transfer market?
Let’s start with Mudryk and De Bruyne shall we?
I know of Chelsea’s shortcomings when they’re BUYING. That is irrelevant concerning the topic of selling players. De Bruyne, Salah.. every team has those that got away. Ours is definitely Gnabry and to some extent or. Malen. Doesn’t take away the fact that Chelsea knows how and when to sell.
Why so defensive?
Yes, if we’re talking only selling here Chelsea is on the whole a good seller. That’s because (again, on the whole) they buy players who when they come to sell them are in demand and, therefore, they get a good fee in most cases. No club is perfect, but you have to look at the whole picture, not pick out particular examples either way.
Arsenal don’t tend to do that most of the time.
Not defensive in the least – just trying to get some perspective on chelsea.
As for them doing well selling players, remind me what they got for De Bruyne?
I’m not saying we are perfect, but the way our fans go on about chelsea and city115 is quite nauseating.
Chelsea have made 540million in sales since Arteta took over Ken we have made 176 million.
They have already made 90million before the season kicks off mate .
We are struggling to give our players away with obligations to buy after loans .
But we’ve been struggling to give our players away long before Mikel Arteta took over DK, let’s be fair about that.
I agree that it’s got worse though and it’s Mikel’s signings that are, currently, causing the problems… but say that quietly!!
Not really bothered about chelsea, but I would just reiterate that they have made some almighty blunders – Mudryk on a six (?) year contract, while earning a reported £300,000k a week blows ANYTHING we have done as a club out of the water.
Can you imagine trying to sell him?
Let’s just concentrate on The Arsenal and hope we can improve in this area, but I do acknowledge where your coming from.
The grass is always greener ……… , lol.
Antonio Rudiger; Kai Havertz; HakimZiyech; Kovacic, Bakayoko. Chelsea made nothing on them. There are many other examples.
They bought Kepa for a world record fee. Had to loan him out and can’t sell him.
The idea that Arsenal should be looking at Chelsea for inspiration is almost laughable.
I wonder if MA is promising Aaron all the cup fixtures – CL and domestic matches – and insisting on a very reasonable transfer figure in order to see this happen?
We still need a third keeper anyway and where is one who could match Aaron?
OT
Alcaraz beat Djokovic at Wimbledon. As an England supporter, I hope it won’t be an all Spanish sucessday today lol.
I want what’s best for Ramsdale and I think leaving will help his career. He doesn’t want to be on the bench most of his season again. It wouldn’t be good for his confidence
Can’t have an open cheque book endlessly, not sure why that’s so difficult to understand!
If it was up to some, we’d have a squad of 50 and still be signing 5 players a year 🤣 and they still wouldn’t want to sell anyone of value
Let him leave for his career, otherwise loan him out and sell him for better money next year. All the fringe players selling for the cheap should instead be loanwed out in anticipation of better sale next campaign: Nketia for example goes to Marseille on loan. He will be top scorer in Ligue 1 and attract better suitors