Mikel Arteta says England boss Gareth Southgate should judge Aaron Ramsdale on past seasons, not just one game
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00:00 Well, I don't know how Gareth is thinking but if I put that situation into my eyes and
00:05 my perspective and how I make a decision, I would judge Aaron not for what he's done
00:11 in one day but what he's done in the last two or three seasons.
00:15 And there's consistency that he showed, the quality that he showed.
00:18 It would give me no reason why to make another decision.
00:22 A player has to be himself and one of the biggest qualities of Aaron is his character,
00:27 his charisma, his enthusiasm, his energy and he's contagious with that and you cannot
00:33 cut that.
00:34 That's him.
00:35 I know you want good players in all positions but is there going to come a time where you
00:40 have to let Ramsdale go just because he's an international goalkeeper and he needs to
00:45 play?
00:46 It's not going to be any different with any other position in the team.
00:49 When we make that call to allow somebody to go or a player that wants to go, that's
00:55 something we will discuss if that moment arrives.
00:58 I suppose the flipside is it could be an injury to Ryan, he could play the rest of the season,
01:02 he's got to look at it like that as well.
01:05 You never know, he does really, really well and you decide something else.