“Arteta must be silly for dropping a player of this quality to the bench, last night he proved that he deserves to be starting every match”- Arsenal Legend Kevin Campbell was blown away by ‘exceptional’ £30M superstar last night in the EFL

“Arteta must be silly for dropping a player of this quality to the bench, last night he proved that he deserves to be starting every match”- Arsenal Legend Kevin Campbell was blown away by ‘exceptional’ £30M superstar last night in the EFL

Kevin Campbell hailed Aaron Ramsdale on Twitter for putting in a top performance as Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal beat Brentford in the EFL Cup.

It has been a few weeks of drama and talking points for Aaron Ramsdale, who despite not playing since the start of the month, has been spoken about like never before – Roy Keane thinks he’s a goner.

Was Mikel Arteta right to drop the England star? Can Arsenal have two number ones? Who is better Aaron Ramsdale or David Raya?

All of this was ringing through the media circles, but the player himself put his head down and produced the goods for Mikel Arteta when called upon.

That was proven on Wednesday night when Arsenal made the short trip across London and knocked Brentford out of the EFL Cup.

Reiss Nelson scored the only goal of the game after eight minutes, as Aaron Ramsdale kept a valuable clean sheet, with Kevin Campbell praising the 25-year-old on Twitter.

Ramsdale does his talking on the pitch

The £30 million signing has been in the media spotlight like never before, and in truth, a lot has been made about him being benched.

It’s part of parcel of the game, Arteta’s game isn’t to keep players happy, but to help Arsenal win that much-wanted Premier League title. 

And if he thinks starting Raya will help him towards that, then he can’t wait for a mistake to occur before making that call, he needs to be ruthless and cold, which he has just done.