Aaron Ramsdale has proved himself as one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League amid the Gunners’ push to win their first title since 2004.
Only Manchester United ’s David de Gea and Newcastle stopper Nick Pope have kept more clean sheets in the league than Ramsdale’s 12 this term - yet the 24-year-old was warned by Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta that he might have to go without first-team football for up to a year when he joined the club from Sheffield United.
Ramsdale signed for the Gunners for an initial fee of £24million in 2021, potentially rising to £30m with add-ons. Bernd Leno had been Arsenal’s first-choice goalkeeper the previous season and Arteta told Ramsdale that he might have to be patient to dislodge the Germany ‘keeper.