{"id":290719,"date":"2023-09-21T19:21:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T19:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=290719"},"modified":"2023-09-21T19:21:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T19:21:08","slug":"david-raya-breaks-silence-on-mikel-artetas-decision-to-drop-aaron-ramsdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/david-raya-breaks-silence-on-mikel-artetas-decision-to-drop-aaron-ramsdale\/","title":{"rendered":"David Raya breaks silence on Mikel Arteta&#039;s decision to drop Aaron Ramsdale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GettyImages-1692609711.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>David Raya insists he is unsure whether or not he has done enough to retain his place ahead of Aaron Ramsdale in the Arsenal goal ahead of Sunday\u2019s north London derby. <\/p>\n<p>Arsenal news, exclusives and analysis<\/p>\n<p>The summer signing from Brentford made his debut in place of the England international on Sunday and kept a clean sheet in a rare victory for his new club at Goodison Park.<\/p>\n<p>Ramsdale was again forced to take a watching brief on Wednesday night as Arsenal made a triumphant return to the Champions League after a six-year absence.<\/p>\n<p>Raya put in another polished performance as the Gunners cantered to a comfortable 4-0 victory but the Spaniard insists it is not a forgone conclusion that he will be given a nod against Spurs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s his choice, it\u2019s not my choice,\u2019 said Raya of Mikel Arteta\u2019s decision to rotate his goalkeepers. \u2018When Aaron comes back in he needs to fight for the team and to win games.<\/p>\n<p>To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5video<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I understand [the conversations about the decision] and I think it\u2019s the first time two top goalkeepers are in the same team so that\u2019s just part of football now. The gaffer wants two top players for each position and that\u2019s what we have to work with.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I played the last two games and I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen on Sunday.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Arteta was, himself, asked to elaborate on a decision that has cast uncertainty over Ramsdale\u2019s place in his long-term plans after the Dutch champions were put to the sword. <\/p>\n<p>The Arsenal manager, however, gave little away at his post match press conference, saying: \u2018It\u2019s the belief that I had in the team that I wanted to play with the expected opponent. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018Not only that, the changes that we made with all the players, it was for the same reason.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on <meta charset=\"utf-8\"><strong>Facebook,\u00a0<\/strong>Twitter\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2023\/09\/21\/david-raya-breaks-silence-on-mikel-arteta-axing-aaron-ramsdale-19534839\/?ico=zone-widget_home_sport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Raya insists he is unsure whether or not he has done enough to retain his place ahead of Aaron Ramsdale in the Arsenal goal ahead of Sunday\u2019s north London derby. 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