{"id":291524,"date":"2023-09-21T19:37:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T19:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=291524"},"modified":"2023-09-21T19:37:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T19:37:12","slug":"arsenal-will-never-win-the-premier-league-with-ramsdale-carragher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/arsenal-will-never-win-the-premier-league-with-ramsdale-carragher\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal 'will NEVER win the Premier League with Ramsdale': Carragher"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jamie Carragher\u00a0believes\u00a0Arsenal would never win the Premier League with Aaron Ramsdale\u00a0alone, backing the loan acquisition of Brentford goalkeeper David Raya.<\/p>\n
Raya came into the Gunners’ squad after the start of the season, and he has played Arsenal’s last two matches, Sunday’s 1-0 league win at Everton and Wednesday’s 4-0 win at home\u00a0to PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It has led to debates about who the number one goalkeeper at Arsenal is, with both players keen to retain the position as Mikel Arteta’s side fight on multiple fronts.<\/p>\n
During Wednesday’s Champions League coverage on CBS Sports in America, ex-goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel asked Carragher if he thought Raya was better than Ramsdale.<\/p>\n
The former Liverpool defender replied:\u00a0\u2018100 per cent. Arsenal will never win the league with Ramsdale in goal, no chance. Ramsdale is playing for Arsenal and he can\u2019t even get in the England team.\u2019<\/p>\n
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Jamie Carragher claimed Arsenal would never win the Premier League with Aaron Ramsdale<\/p>\n
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Arsenal signed David Raya (L) on loan, and he has started two of their matches in a row<\/p>\n
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The former Liverpool defender noted Ramsdale was struggling to make the England team too<\/p>\n
While Raya’s deal is currently just a loan transfer, the Gunners can sign the Spanish goalkeeper permanently for \u00a327m at the end of the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Earlier in the conversation, Schmeichel had expressed confusion over Arsenal’s move to bring in Raya, with Ramsdale already a capable option in goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Schmeichel said: \u2018I don\u2019t get it, I don\u2019t understand why you want to create a competition situation for goalkeepers,<\/p>\n
\u2018The one thing you want from your goalkeeper is stability. So goalkeepers are playing a position which is very reactive, there\u2019s no proactive action happening, everything you have to do is something you have to do when somebody else is doing something, you have to react to that, you can\u2019t be proactive and go out and create a save for yourself.<\/p>\n
\u2018What you want your goalkeeper to be is stable. Do the job he\u2019s there to do, stop the ball from going in the net. If you\u2019re in a competition situation at some point you\u2019re going to think, \u2018I have to prove I\u2019m a better goalkeeper than the other one, I\u2019m going to try this or that\u2019, and if you\u2019re going to try things as a goalkeeper very often it goes wrong.<\/p>\n
\u2018I don\u2019t get this, I think it\u2019s crazy and I think Arteta might just be creating a problem he didn\u2019t need going forward.\u2019<\/p>\n
While Schmeichel questioned Arsenal for bringing in Raya, he said he was impressed with the performances the Spaniard made against Everton and PSV so far.<\/p>\n
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Fellow pundit Peter\u00a0Schmeichel expressed confusion over Arsenal’s decision to bring in Raya<\/p>\n
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Raya has two clean sheets in his games so far, adding to the headache for Mikel Arteta\u00a0<\/p>\n
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After Wednesday’s win, Raya said Ramsdale would have to ‘fight for the team’ when chosen\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Danish former goalkeeper said: ‘What he\u2019s done is won me over. He\u2019s a very, very consistent, stable goalkeeper who makes very, very few mistakes. The actual goalkeeping, he\u2019s done that fantastic.’<\/p>\n
Speaking after Wednesday’s 4-0 win, Raya said: ‘It is a dream come true to play at the highest level so I’m very pleased to make my (Champions League) debut, but the main thing was the result and we got the three points in the end.<\/p>\n
\u2018I’ve just been selected the last two games – that is just the choice of the gaffer, not my choice and when Aaron comes in, he will need to also fight for the team and to win games.\u2019<\/p>\n
Arteta now has a choice to make for the North London derby on Sunday afternoon. Ramsdale started Arsenal’s first four games in the current campaign, before Raya’s debut on Sunday at Goodison Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n