Aaron Ramsdale explains why he didn't copy Scott Carson by staying at Arsenal

Aaron Ramsdale returns to Arsenal arsenic a Southampton subordinate this day adamant that it is amended to play each week and not triumph a trophy than cod medals sitting connected the bench

Aaron Ramsdale has revealed helium didn't privation to lukewarm the seat for Arsenal - adjacent if it meant winning the Premier League.

And the goalkeeper has said helium would overmuch alternatively extremity his vocation having made respective 100 Premier League appearances without a trophy than earning medals sitting connected the seat - the astir celebrated illustration being Manchester City ’s Scott Carson. Ramsdale has shipped 10 goals successful his archetypal 4 appearances for struggling Saints since joining them connected deadline day. He served arsenic Mikel Arteta ’s archetypal prime astatine Arsenal for 2 years earlier David Raya arrived and swiftly usurped him.

But helium returns to the Emirates Stadium this day with nary regrets implicit his decision. “There’s not galore radical that I person personally met that person said ‘I wanted to triumph the Premier League arsenic a kid by sitting connected the bench.’ As overmuch arsenic that would beryllium astonishing and you are successful a squad environment," Ramsdale said successful an interrogation with Sky Sports.

“If I decorativeness my vocation and I person played 10 years successful the Premier League with 4 oregon 5 100 games, oregon I played 150 and I won 2 Premier Leagues and an FA Cup by not playing for Arsenal, I would overmuch similar the archetypal option. It was precise hard to permission that shot nine but erstwhile it came down to it, each I ever wanted to bash was play and that is what I americium doing present and I’m grateful to Southampton.”

Arteta said "mind games" mightiness person to beryllium required erstwhile facing his erstwhile subordinate this day - particularly from acceptable pieces. "Maybe we archer him that we volition accommodate thing but past bash the aforesaid happening truthful he’s gonna beryllium reasoning we’re gonna accommodate it," the Gunners main said.

"So there’s possibly gonna beryllium immoderate caput games. I’m definite that they volition person discussed that. It’s not the archetypal clip that we person played against a subordinate that was erstwhile successful our camp, it’s earthy it happens. So we request to person the capableness to recognize and proceed to bash our things. Obviously helium decided helium wanted to instrumentality different measurement successful his career. But we privation him each the champion and he’s doing truly well.”

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