Arsenal Legend Goalkeeper Jens Lehmann maintains that the early Mikel Arteta decision still 'doesn't make sense.

Even though the England international was selected for the Premier League Team of the Year the previous season, Raya moved from Brentford to Arsenal on an initial loan agreement last summer, unseating Ramsdale as Arteta's first-choice goalkeeper.

Ramsdale, who has only appeared in six games for Arsenal since Raya's debut, is now anticipated to go in the summer. Lehmann, a crucial component of Arsenal's "Invincibles" team, has also criticized the decision.

Lehmann remarked, "I never ever understood the Ramsdale decision." It is incomprehensible to bring in a Spanish player who has never played for a major club at that level when there is a capable and courageous English goalkeeper at a major English club who is performing admirably.

"The 'keeper is the most important position in the team. If I were Ramsdale, I don't know how I would react because it's not easy at that age. When you're older, it's different."

And while Lehmann believes Arteta has "done a good job", he believes they must be "braver" if they want to win the Premier League.

"He's done a good job but unfortunately, you're talking to a guy who loves Arsenal, wants them to win and not just to be up there," he explained to The Daily Mail. "I was very disappointed with how they lost to Bayern Munich in the Champions League.

"Afterwards, they showed a great reaction beating Chelsea and Tottenham. But to be a big club, you have to win trophies. They're very different to us [the Invincibles] in their approach – much more cautious and slower with the ball.

"They play quicker than us because we were a one-touch team, but they physically run a lot more and have more high-intensity runs. Each of them requires three or four touches at a time. And in football, you can't win trophies if you play too cautiously.