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Arsenal great Henry: Arteta rates Raya superior to Ramsdale

Arsenal great Thierry Henry can understand manager Mikel Arteta backing David Raya over Aaron Ramsdalde.

Raya kept a second consecutive clean sheet for Arsenal's 4-0 Champions League win against PSV Eindhoven last night.

Speaking after the game, Henry said on CBS Sports: "It's not about who is right or who is wrong - Mikel Arteta is the coach.

"He sees David Raya as a guy that can win him the league. When he sold Bernd Leno, he saw Aaron Ramsdale as a guy that can help them get to the top four.

"I think if he [Arteta] wants to go and get David Raya, it's not me that wants him, it's not Jamie [Carragher], it's not Peter [Schmeichel], it's not whoever. It doesn't really matter.

"He [Arteta] went to get him [Raya]. He [Arteta] thinks he is the better goalkeeper - there is no rotation there.

"Arteta thinks David Raya is better and that's about it. People have to stop with that goalkeeper thing.

"When you play at a big club, competition will happen. Second of all, when you are a striker and a club gets one of the best strikers in the world to compete with you, does a striker cry because you might not feel comfortable because there is another guy that can take my position at half-time or after an hour?

"I can tell you it's not easy as a striker to go on the field knowing that if you miss, in an hour someone will come on. It's not about rotation.

"I don't think Mikel wants to rotate. He went to get a goalkeeper that I think, and he thinks, is going to win him the league. There is no rotation there. Bernd Leno went through the same thing!

"When Ramsdale arrived, Arteta wanted a goalkeeper that could get him into the top four. I think he sees Raya as the guy that can get him to win the title and that's why he plays him.

"I didn't play him against Everton and I didn't play him tonight. Mikel is playing him and you have to respect that.

"It's not about being right or wrong. All I can say is I don't understand why having two goalkeepers [is a bad thing], it happened to Jamie and it happened to me - when you play at a big club, competition will happen - period."

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