Premier League club make approach for Aaron Ramsdale

Ramsdale has lost his place in the Arsenal XI

According to Football.London, an approach from an unnamed bottom-half Premier League side has been made to try and sign the former Sheffield United man.

The report stated that the approach had been rejected.

Ramsdale returned to the starting line-up for the Gunners' 1-0 win against Brentford on Saturday, replacing David Raya, who was ineligible to face his parent club.

Since Raya's arrival in the summer Ramsdale's future at the Emirates Stadium has looked uncertain after losing his place in the starting XI.

Earlier this month, Ramsdale's father Nick criticised the way Mikel Arteta had handled the situation between the two goalkeepers.

In an interview with the Highbury Squad podcast, he said: "We did not have a clue. I didn't have a clue, our family didn't have a clue, Aaron didn't have a clue that he was not going to carry on playing. All of a sudden, he's not been played.

"You just have to look at it personally and I'm probably saying too much but: Aaron is going to be the cup goalkeeper, and David Raya is going to be the main man unless something happens, an injury or a sending-off. And Aaron's got to live with that and he is living with that even though he's not been told it. By anybody.

"Aaron lost that smile. And it's difficult to see him there. We all keep saying: 'you need to keep smiling'. And at the moment in time, we haven't got that smile in him.

"David Raya is a great goalkeeper and it's not his fault. He's just come in as a goalkeeper. It's just like when Aaron came in and Bernd Leno was there. Aaron says Raya is a lovely guy and he works hard with him. Aaron is trying to help in as much as he can to settle in with the squad. It's possibly the way it's been done, not knowing the reason why.

"My only problem is when I spoke to Mr Arteta on the phone before he signed Aaron, he said he wanted Aaron. But now David Raya is back on the market and he had David Raya."

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