Arteta hasn't spoken to Ramsdale since Southgate's comments on game-time
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says he hasn't spoken to Aaron Ramsdale about playing time despite Southgate comment
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00:00 Have you spoken to Sampdoria about the Euros?
00:10 No, I haven't spoken to them about that topic.
00:14 If he came and knocked on your door in January and said 'I want to go because I want to go
00:20 to the Euros', is that something you'd understand?
00:22 First of all, my door is open to speak to any player. We just want the best for our
00:26 players and we try to do that. We know the influence we can have, sometimes positively,
00:31 sometimes not so positively towards them. We will always try to do our best to help
00:37 them. But this is a team sport that needs 24 players. You have to fulfil a role. The
00:43 role you have in August might be very different to the one you have in March. So making early
00:48 decisions in my experience is not something good at all. And as well because the team
00:54 has certain needs that have to be accomplished and in order to do that you cannot do it with
00:58 6, 10 or 14 players. It is impossible. So you need everyone and Aaron has a really important