‘It used to do my head in’ – Aaron Ramsdale reveals what upset him most at Arsenal after being benched for David Raya

AARON RAMSDALE revealed the 1 happening that bothered him the astir aft being replaced arsenic Arsenal's starting goalkeeper by David Raya.

Ramsdale, 26, impressed betwixt the Gunners' sticks during the 2022-23 run arsenic helium helped Mikel Arteta's men travel adjacent to the Premier League rubric and was named successful the PFA Team of the Year.

However, the present Southampton prima was instantly overtaken by Raya, 29, past play erstwhile helium arrived connected indebtedness from Brentford earlier yet signing a imperishable woody successful the summer.

That led the England planetary to a £25million determination to St Mary's during the summertime transportation window.

The keeper broke his soundlessness astir his clip connected the North Londoners' seat with a astonishment revelation arsenic to what helium hated the astir astir his predicament.

Cameras would often power to Ramsdale watching connected with the remainder of the subs each clip Raya committed a blunder successful extremity past season.

And the ex-Sheffield United prima was perfectly livid each clip the TV crews panned to him trying to get his reaction.

Ramsdale told the BBC: "It utilized to bash my caput in.

"Coming disconnected the transportation and past my woman would say, 'You were connected TV 5 times again today'.

"Why idiosyncratic would cookware to maine erstwhile idiosyncratic makes a prevention oregon a extremity goes successful and it pans to maine connected the bench.

"I bash deliberation the communicative was bigger than what it needed to be. I bash deliberation it enactment unit connected David astatine clip arsenic well."

Ramsdale returns to the Emirates connected Saturday for the archetypal clip arsenic an hostile since his determination to Southampton.

And the changeable stopper revealed Raya was the archetypal 1 to substance him aft his departure to Saints.

Ramsdale added: "I did an interrogation with David Seaman astir my caller declaration and however I wanted to emulate him and beryllium determination for eight, 10 years. A mates of months aboriginal I was retired of the team.

"I tried my hardest to dislodge David retired of the team. I bash deliberation present the rewards are showing. He's started the play incredibly well.

"He was really the archetypal idiosyncratic to substance maine connected my determination present from the boys astatine Arsenal. But nary helium was great, helium was top.

"Like I accidental he's made immoderate big, large saves this play and kept them successful immoderate games. I'm conscionable hopeless helium doesn't person 1 of those games again connected Saturday."