Brad Friedel has advised talkSPORT having two No.1 goalkeepers at a membership ‘doesn’t work’ amid reviews of David Raya’s transfer to Arsenal.
Friedel had the identical scenario at Tottenham after they signed Hugo Lloris, with the Frenchman finally taking the American’s spot between the sticks.
Friedel defined that he was 42 by that time, although, which is not going to be the case at Arsenal with two prime class keepers of their prime competing for a similar spot.
And the skilled professional says it’s solely a matter of time earlier than one of many two gamers will get annoyed and desires to depart.
“Two quantity ones, can they exist at a membership? No, they will’t,” Friedel advised Hawksbee and Jacobs.
“One needs to play. The man who doesn’t play, Matt Turner, who was simply there, sat on the bench for a complete yr, ought to by no means actually have signed for Arsenal within the first place, for my part, as a result of he’s adequate to play someplace. However he sat a complete season. You quickly get annoyed.
“The one time it really works is that if your different goalkeeper is younger and he’s studying and he’s arising, or, in my case, I used to be actually previous and I used to be on the way in which down.
“However I knew, I used to be 42 years previous after I was dropped, I’d performed my entire profession, so then it may well work.
“Let’s say Raya is available in at Arsenal, he will get his probability, he performs effectively, after which he will get taken out, he’s upset.
“Let’s say he goes in and he performs effectively after which he retains his place, Ramsdale’s upset. It’s too tough of a place to maintain crew spirit and cohesiveness and camaraderie.
“I don’t know what’s being stated to them, however what I do know is that Raya is a Premier League goalkeeper who is nice sufficient to be a No.1 at a bunch of golf equipment. And any goalkeeper I’ve ever met who has the flexibility to be a No.1, when they’re quantity two for one month, okay, two months, okay, however when he will get previous the third month, you’re annoyed, you wish to play.
“Then you definitely begin contacting your agent, searching for strikes elsewhere and mortgage transfer.
“Then if you happen to’re Mikel Arteta, and let’s say Raya is the No.2 and he is available in and when he’s signing his paperwork, ‘Yep, I’m going to be a crew participant’, however then the sixth, seventh month, he begins getting annoyed and he unexpectedly isn’t a crew participant – effectively, then you’ve a problem.”
