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Former Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha has revealed that David Raya is better than Aaron Ramsdale.
The Arsenal shot stopper is being given a lot of praise by fans and pundits for how he has responded to being dropped from the team.
Ramsdale’s replacement, David Raya, has made a couple of high profile errors since taking the starting job.
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Onuoha, however, believes that Raya is very much capable of being the club’s best keeper.
“I think what we’re experiencing here is recency bias because come the end of last season, Ramsdale was making some mistakes which were costing Arsenal goals. But because they liked him, they cheered him on and hoped for the best,” Onuoha told ESPN.
“But I think now there’s competition between the two, or I say competition, now that Arteta has two to choose from, then the conversation is different. If you want to play in a certain style, goalkeepers will make mistakes.
Onuoha was eligible to play for England (having received British citizenship at seven years old) and Nigeria (the country in which he was born). He was invited by Nigeria manager Berti Vogts to represent Nigeria at the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations; however, Onuoha turned down the opportunity because his club, Manchester City, had recently had a change of manager and he did not want to lose his place in the team by being absent on international duty for a month. Onuoha stated in 2022 that he regretted this choice; he ended up never playing senior international football.
