Understand David Raya has reached an agreement in principle with Arsenal on personal terms 🚨🔴⚪️ #AFC
Brentford have been informed by player side that he wants to join Arsenal — and talks between clubs over formula/price are now expected to accelerate.
https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1686427620001402891?t=XvmcWp4k2MbcaUxJI4m_tw&s=19
I’m interested on how this one turns out. Do we move Raya or Ramsdale on after a season or two? No way I would let Ramsdale go anywhere.
This is one of those situations where you put a stronger engine in your car to win the race, even though that engine will shake the car apart. The management team want to win even if it means by the end of the season that some players are sick of competing for their position.
I’ve been thinking about this one a lot over the past few days. The fact of the matter is, we want competition for places across all positions and while Turner was great at penalties, he was never going to push Ramsdale. Hopefully this forces Ramsdale to continue improving. Though he had a bloody fantastic season last season.
I wasn’t expecting this, but I’m happy we could potentially have 2 solid keepers. You are right and Turner wasn’t going to push Ramsdale and this would provide us solid cover for a vital position.
Yep, it’s a solid upgrade
Another excellent (albeit not yet confirmed) signing imo, what a summer it’s been.
