I don't believe in rotation with goalkeeper, Arsene Wenger on ongoing Arsenal situation

Raya has now occupied Arsenal's no.1 spot

Mikel Arteta's choice to start David Raya as Arsenal's starting custodian instead of Aaron Ramsdale has drawn criticism from Arsene Wenger.

Even though Raya is clearly ahead of Ramsdale in the order of merit based on Arteta's choices, the famous Gunners manager doesn't think a two-keeper scheme works.

Prior to Raya taking over as the team's top scorer in both the Premier League and the Champions League, 25-year-old England international Ramsdale started Arsenal's opening four Premier League games of the campaign.

However, after a few wobbly moments, the 28-year-old Spaniard—who was sent in for his excellent distribution—has come under fire. Mykhailo Mudryk caught Raya off guard in the 2-2 draw with Chelsea last Saturday, lobbing him for a goal from an unexpected angle.

'Personally, I like Ramsdale. If I was in his position I would not give up,' Wenger told beIN Sports. 'I believe he has the chance to come back into the team.'

'Better… better… I don't know if he's better. I just think Ramsdale has made decisive saves in the games last season.

'They were not happy maybe with his feet, his distribution. To stop balls going in the back of the net,' he replied.

''You know, on the other hand, when you're in this position, you always - it happened to me as well many times - you have a good team but you want to improve the team."

''And then you look and think, "what can I improve there?" You think maybe the distribution from the back. 'It happened to me the same with the centre backs, you want a guy who has better distribution from the back but then you realise he is less good defensively and his first job is to defend.''

''Always. That's my belief, I don't believe in rotation with goalkeepers, I don't believe in a lack of clarity of the hierarchy with goalkeepers. That doesn't work.''