Gareth Southgate is happy with Ramsdale’s performance
England boss thinks that Ramsdale will make Pickford’s job harder to be in his starting lineup.
England manager
Gareth Southgate
has praised the Gunners’ goalkeeper
Aaron Ramsdale
saying that he is going to make
Jordan Pickford’s
job harder to find a starting place for himself in the national team.
"Firstly, it's great for him,"
Southgate admitted (via
football.london) after naming Ramsdale in his latest squad.
"This is the third squad he's been in, he had the summer with us.
"We were impressed with what he did in the summer and he started very well with Arsenal, that's at this stage of the season still quite a small sample of games but we're really pleased with what he's doing and the way he's playing and his distribution with his feet is a particular bonus of the way that they play at Arsenal and the skill set that he's got.
"So I think there's a there's a fight on. We've got competition for places and we need competition places in every position. Aaron and Sam [Johnstone] are definitely providing that to Jordan."
Southgate has also talked about another Arsenal player Ben White insisting that he has been showing so much potential and that he can find himself a regular place in England’s lineup.
"Fikyo [Tomori] was with us last time and we've brought Harry Maguire back and gone with the four center-backs who did so well for us during the summer,"
he explained.
"Ben White is starting to settle well now at Arsenal. Fikayo at Milan. [Marc] Guehi. Joe [Gomez], we know, we love, he's obviously had a little bit of an injury set-back, but I'm sure he's going to get back playing, and we know he can play at the level, and he's obviously someone we've worked with very closely, and who we love.
"They're all pushing. I think there's still a step for a lot of them in the consistency, and a lot of those boys are young defenders, they're learning their trade, so they're not going to be perfect. But throughout the team, we're not perfect at the moment anyway.
"We've got to keep improving. And there is, 12 months away, if we qualify, 12 months where there's going to be real competition for places. And we've seen over the last 12 months how rapidly some young players can come through."
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