Aaron Rams...
Can't see this guy wanting to be second choice which makes me concerned at how we may be potentially looking to replace Leno. Hopefully just rumours.
We fucked ourselves by selling Martinez without locking Leno down first.
Tambourine Man wrote:We fucked ourselves by selling Martinez without locking Leno down first.
Leno had 3 years. There was nothing to lock down
it's moreso the fact that we seem to have been caught off-guard by lenos intention to leave, especially after having made quite a statement of faith in selling Martinez in favour of leno. something changed in the space of 12 months.
Arsenal are targeting Aaron Ramsdale to bolster their goalkeeping options, with a fee in excess of £20 million having been discussed with Sheffield United. The player is keen on the move. [@garyjacob@TimesSport]
Picked up by the times as well. Waste of money if you ask me
Terrible piece of business if we bring in Ramsdale for 20M. Of all of Edu's fireable offences, this should be the final nail in his coffin.
If we seriously buy Ben White for £50 mil and Ramsdale for over £20 mil 
As bad as wenger buying Xhaka and mustafi
You can still land a world class player for that amount
He’s a good keeper
Claudius wrote:Tambourine Man wrote:We fucked ourselves by selling Martinez without locking Leno down first.
Leno had 3 years. There was nothing to lock down
Most businesses have 5 year plans. Leno being one of our most valuable assets should not be assessed when he has two years to go and is at risk. We need to be proactive. The failure of management to recognise this means we are about to spend more money on Ramsdale than what we sold Martinez for when Martinez is twice the keeper. It's poor planning.
He's looked absolutely garbage every time I've seen him but maybe I caught him on his bad days. Either way I wouldn't want him as 1st choice and wouldn't want to spend £20m on a second choice. Hopefully he's just No.5 on the list.
Is Onana not happening anymore?
ohboy!!! wrote:If we seriously buy Ben White for £50 mil and Ramsdale for over £20 mil
As bad as wenger buying Xhaka and mustafi
You can still land a world class player for that amount
That would be a lot worse than Xhaka and Mustafi. Those two looked great before they came and the fee was appropriate for them, 70m for White and Ramsdale would be taking the piss.
Add the other 70 mill for Maddison and we are basically dancing in the piss
jones wrote:ohboy!!! wrote:If we seriously buy Ben White for £50 mil and Ramsdale for over £20 mil
As bad as wenger buying Xhaka and mustafi
You can still land a world class player for that amount
That would be a lot worse than Xhaka and Mustafi. Those two looked great before they came and the fee was appropriate for them, 70m for White and Ramsdale would be taking the piss.
At least Xhaka did look decent at Mochengladbach.
Dunk was definitely better than white in what I saw last season.
Sheffield United going from Henderson to Ramsdale was the biggest drop off in a position seen in a long time.
Good vid on this guy from Latte Firm:
No real assessment of his footwork due to small sample size. All in all, pretty much confirms it'd be a crazy gamble at the prices mentioned. Lots of flaws in his game.
would navas be available?
I started laughing at SHU spending 20m on an absolutely shit keeper at the start of last season when Villa spent lesser to get a world class one. He almost directly contributed to their relegation with how bad his performances are but to be fair someone has managed to compile performances of him that he didn't concede any due to slow reflexes or lousy technique.
Still looks bloody dodgy with his positioning and shot saving technique.
Gazza M wrote:would navas be available?
He should be.
not sure if that's just a shit comp, but it doesn't exactly quell the doubts