“I’ve done it to other people when I’ve moved to clubs so I’m not going to be thinking that it’s never going to happen to me. I think if it happens, it happens and then we’ll fight and we’ll make each other the best version of ourselves.”
Ramsdale’s comments will be music to Arteta’s ears, who wants to see all of his players embrace the challenge of fighting for their spot. When asked after the Community Shield whether Ramsdale was feeling the pressure from Arsenal’s interest in Raya, Arteta said: “I hope not, because the competition here always exists whoever it is and that’s what he has to feel like.
“If we don’t feel like this, we are not going to get the best out of each player, so we better feel like this and make sure that we all feel like this, me first.”