{"id":294535,"date":"2023-10-21T18:27:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T18:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=294535"},"modified":"2023-10-21T18:27:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T18:27:25","slug":"aaron-ramsdale-pulls-out-of-arsenal-squad-to-face-chelsea-last-minute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/aaron-ramsdale-pulls-out-of-arsenal-squad-to-face-chelsea-last-minute\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Ramsdale pulls out of Arsenal squad to face Chelsea last minute"},"content":{"rendered":"
Aaron Ramsdale pulled out of Arsenal’s squad to face Chelsea at the last minute today after his wife Georgina gave birth to a baby boy.<\/p>\n
The Gunners have travelled to Stamford Bridge today in a huge Premier League clash.<\/p>\n
However, Arsenal’s No 1 Ramsdale had to pull out of the squad at the last minute after his wife Georgina gave birth to baby boy.<\/p>\n
Before the game, manager Mikel Arteta discussed his absence to the media.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After being asked why he wasn’t in the squad, he said: ‘Absolutely most beautiful reason in life and they happened yesterday, so they are both ok today.’<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Aaron Ramsdale was forced to pull out of today’s match against Chelsea at the last minute<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The England international has been in competition with David Raya throughout the campaign<\/p>\n In Ramsdale’s place,\u00a0Karl Hein was named on the Arsenal subs bench. The Estonia international is yet to make his debut for the club.<\/p>\n Ramsdale kept his spot in the recent England squad but was not used as Sam Johnstone and Jordan Pickford played in the qualifiers.<\/p>\n Asked about whether he’s concerned about losing his place in the England squad ahead of next summer\u2019s European Championship due to a lack of action at Arsenal, Ramsdale responded: \u2018Yes, of course, it is the first time I have found myself in this situation.<\/p>\n ‘The manager here [Gareth Southgate] is brilliant, he trusts the players he’s worked with before as we’ve seen in different types of ways – you’ll see Kalvin [Phillips] and Harry [Maguire] haven\u2019t played the most amount of minutes but when they step up for England and are given the opportunity, they perform.<\/p>\n