Former Arsenal primary Bernd Leno has hit out at Gunners boss Mikel Arteta and the best way he makes use of goalkeepers after making the choice to interchange Aaron Ramsdale with David Raya.
Regardless of Ramsdale having fun with a stellar 2022/23 that noticed him named within the PFA Premier League Workforce of the 12 months, Arsenal signed David Raya on an preliminary mortgage from Brentford in the course of the summer season.
Ramsdale initially stored his place however was dropped after the worldwide break and has been on the bench for the final two video games towards Everton and PSV Eindhoven within the Premier League and Champions League respectively. Raya additionally began once more in Sunday’s north London derby.
Leno was changed by Ramsdale in related circumstances two years in the past and has now stated he feels sorry for his former Gunners teammate.
“There have been a few excuses I did not perceive and I’ve to say, sadly, it is kind of the identical with Ramsdale. It has occurred [again] after the worldwide break. I understand how [Aaron] feels, there are some similarities,” Leno advised The Occasions.
Throughout his brief managerial profession up to now, Arteta has developed a fame for making an attempt to place recent takes on sure conditions. He has beforehand needed to rename substitutes as “impactors” to spice up morale amongst gamers not named within the beginning XI.
Final week, Arteta spoke about the potential for substituting a goalkeeper like he would some other place on the pitch if the in-game circumstances or ways known as for it.
Leno firmly disagrees with the concept: “Our place is just too passive. As a winger you’ll be able to have an effect within the recreation since you get on the ball however because the keeper normally you simply react.
“I skilled a substitution simply the one time in my profession when Petr Cech bought injured and I used to be fortunate it was half-time, however if you happen to come on at minute 60 and you’ve got been sitting on the bench, you aren’t within the move, that is very robust. I am trying ahead to seeing if he [Arteta] will try this in a recreation or if he simply stated that, however I do not suppose many [managers] would try this.
“Goalkeeper is a particular place and needs to be handled as particular, I feel. Since you want consistency. An excellent instance was once I first got here to Arsenal, I performed within the Premier League and Cech performed within the Europa League and the cup video games and I spoke to the defenders they usually stated they do not really feel comfy with that, with totally different keepers and totally different traits.”
Leno added that the necessity to construct a “relationship” between defenders and a daily goalkeeper supersedes the concept a supervisor might select a goalie for a given recreation relying on whether or not they anticipate to have a number of possession or face a number of crosses.
