{"id":295318,"date":"2023-10-27T04:39:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T04:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=295318"},"modified":"2023-10-27T04:39:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T04:39:31","slug":"arteta-painted-clear-picture-to-stop-arsenals-saliba-and-gabriel-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/arteta-painted-clear-picture-to-stop-arsenals-saliba-and-gabriel-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Arteta painted clear picture to stop Arsenal’s Saliba and Gabriel ‘problem’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal will be Man City's main title challengers this season | Football Digest<\/h3>\n

Mikel Arteta has been told that he should reinstate Aaron Ramsdale as Arsenal\u2019s No 1 or risk a big problem with William Saliba and Gabriel. Following his arrival from Brentford on a loan-to-buy deal, David Raya has become the Gunners\u2019 first-choice goalkeeper \u2013 but his shaky start to the campaign is struggling to justify such a bold decision.<\/p>\n

Arteta was keen to bolster his ranks over the summer and ensure that there was competition for every spot in his starting XI. As a result, Jurrien Timber was signed to try and force his way into the Arsenal defence, with Declan Rice and Kai Havertz purchased as part of a midfield reshuffle.<\/p>\n

Despite impressing last season, Ramsdale was provided with new-found competition in the shape of Raya, with Arteta insisting that there is no favoured option. However, Raya has started the majority of matches so far this season \u2013 and his performances have prompted criticism.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard shone at Brentford but has looked shaky at the Emirates Stadium, flapping at crosses and recently making a woeful mistake in allowing Mykhaylo Mudryk\u2019s cross to loop over his head and nestle into the back of the net.<\/p>\n

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Questions have been raised about whether bringing Ramsdale back into the team would resolve the defensive problems in the short-term\u2013 and ex-Liverpool defender Steve Nicol is in agreement that Arteta needs to deal with the matter as soon as possible amid fears over how he is impacting Saliba and Gabriel.<\/p>\n

Speaking about Raya, he told ESPN: \u201cI think if he continues to flap at crosses [that] come into the box and gets himself in bad positions like Shaka (Hislop, co-pundit) thought he did for the Mudryk cross at the weekend then I think it’s going to have an effect on Saliba and Gabriel because their starting position is going to change.<\/p>\n