Former West Ham star Anton Ferdinand believes Aaron Ramsdale will drive by way of an exit from Arsenal within the New Year if he loses his No 1 spot at Arsenal to David Raya whereas Danny Murphy has a idea on why Mikel Arteta opted to go for the Spanish goalkeeper. Raya was attracting loads of curiosity this summer time with all of Chelsea, Tottenham and Manchester United looking for new No 1 goalkeepers.

Brentford had been initially quoting golf equipment £40million for the 27-year-old, however Arsenal have managed to agree a deal to signal Raya on mortgage with an possibility to purchase him for £27m subsequent 12 months. Despite the financially savvy enterprise transfer from Arsenal, Raya will nonetheless face robust competitors from Ramsdale for the No 1 spot after he joins.

And Ferdinand is not certain Ramsdale will wish to stick round on the Emirates if it turns into clear that Arteta favours Raya from the outset. "I think Ramsdale's personality, if he's not No 1 after the first couple of months, I think he'll look to try and get away January if not the next summer," Ferdinand stated on FIVE's Youtube channel.

"You've got to remember the Euros are coming up. He's looking at it like this could be my chance."

Arsenal goalkeeping coach Inaki Cana labored with Raya for a number of months in 2019 at Brentford earlier than he joined Arteta's backroom workers that very same 12 months. And former Liverpool star Murphy believes Cana's potential affect over Arteta concerning Raya's potential may spell even worse news for Ramsdale.

He began: "You know what's a killer and I've been involved in situations like this. The goalkeeping coach is the same nationality and he was with him at Brentford, so he's telling Arteta how good he is."