GooneriC Sanchez has always impressed me but Brighton? Nah best not hack them off until we move for Ferguson

I think he's at least as good as Ramsdale, if not better, though it's hard to judge a goalkeeper in a team where he has to make many more saves than here.

One more for the stats lover out there

Off topic but the new spuds keeper Vicario scores very well too statistically

Ball progression/long ball stats are misleading as Brentford go long a lot more than us. Probably why Ramsdale's pass accuracy is much higher too.

flobaba We needed a goalie who doesn't get dunked on from the half way line and we would have made the Europa final. We need a goalie who doesn't concede unnecessary cheap first goals or near post goals which puts us under pressure.

And David Raya is very much not that guy.

at 1.34 the Fulham goal I referenced earlier.

It's a bit like Zinchenko. People get so caught up in the 1 in 20 game errors that they overlook the extent to which these guys underpin our style of play, every single game.

goon If that's the case isn't a keeper with a better ball playing ability advantageous to us?

Clrnc yeah, I was responding to Flobs' comment about the sort of keeper we need.

flobaba For a goalie There's only a few metrics we are concerned about: save percentage, passing accuracy (long and short). Maybe penalties, and less errors. Raya is apparently superior in all these aspects.

I read somewhere he's saved like 5 in 30+ and not a single pen since 2020

Ultimately I don't even believe he is a Ramsdale replacement. I think we are looking to improve on the quality of his backup, and provide some real competition - if Ramsdale starts to lose form or focus we should be able to drop him without worrying too much about if his replacement is capable.

Some bloke on Twitter speculating that we’ll play both Ramsdale and Raya as inverted keepers

Don Pacifico

Sounds like we are more advanced than Bayern who has completely pulled out.

Raya was Arteta first choice. When he's available now he gone straight back in for him. If we sign him I'm guessing it spells trouble for Ramsdale. We are not spending 40m for a backup

Not sure what all the fuss is - it’s not as if Ramsdale is being sold. He’ll likely start the season as first choice and, if he’s good enough, he’ll hold onto the spot.

We’re not exactly short on cash either so could easily fund an outfield player if we need to as well.

Clrnc oh wow.

Weird move - maybe there's a hint of opportunism on this move given Brentford are actually willing to sell this time but I still find it weird given (a) Ramsdale's context extension, (b) the fact that GK is hardly a big problem and (c) Raya just isn't a top-class GK. I dunno, I got Ramsdale wrong when we signed him but really not keen on this move - seems like a waste of resources unless we're selling Ramsdale for a big fee and given Ramsdale has a few years on Raya, I'd still wager the former having a higher ceiling than the latter.

Don Pacifico Yeah same here, but it just seems like either Arteta or Cana is infatuated with the idea of Raya being our goalie. IF we do sign him for close to 40m and that he took Ramsdale spot after half a season, it won't be the goalie that just joined getting sold, but the one with 3 years contract.

goon Not only that, but the arguments are often endless cherry-picking and confirmation bias whatever happens.