Hearing the deal is 24m + 6m in add ons
I can only understand this if we have a huge amount of money and are going to have a big rest of the window.
If its coming at the expense of buying a CAM or having the financial leeway to send Laca to the moon and getting a new striker instead, its just madness.
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White + Ramsdale = $80 million
Itās almost as if Edu/Arteta have no idea of what they are doing or a plan.
No one else was in for either player and Arsenal paying above market is really poor business.
I guess Ramsdale will get lots of chances to work on his saves when the opposition midfield blows through that Xhaka/Elney pivot. 
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Tbf ive always said I donāt mind Ramsdale being signed as a back up. I donāt even mind him being a long term signing. The price tag really puts me off. 30m is a lot for a player who has been relegated twice in 2 seasons
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Me too. And White might be a tidy player.
The issue is paying way above market for them, especially when there is glaring holes in the lineup. The most pressing need of an attacking mid hasnāt been addressed.
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No pressure lad
Another shady deal
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Well Kepa is number 1. It wonāt take Ramsdale long to reach his dizzy heights.
Heās woeful. Trust me on this, actually causes me physical and mental pain watching him. Heās like a more T-Rex arm version of Pickford and you would nearly think thatās not possible.
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I realize that there was a strong case to keep Leno over Martinez (at the time), but Martinez is the one player Edu has been able to sell since running transfers.
Is Ramsdale ābetterā than Martinez? Paying more for Ramsdale than Martinez was sold for is comical.
Itās almost amazing (if it wasnāt so infuriating or sad) that this club literally has made the wrong decision nearly every time on a player over the last 5 seasons (whether to sell, extend, etc). 
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CAM and forwards clearly not important to a horrible attacking side either
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Ramsdale to Arsenal letās gooo
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Dont care if itās 18 or 30 this is a bad signing.
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Well, he continues to misuse Auba, and his big plan for the attack is to put it all on ESR shoulders since Ode isnāt happening and Leicester would rightly tell Arsenal to piss off when Edu makes a desperation bid after the team is in a hole by the end of the window.
Clearly, as others have speculated, Arteta has damn near 0 pressure to move towards the top 6 this season. Unless it gets ugly at home games with the fans or he repeats the diabolical run of last fall, he aināt going anywhere.
I guess Artetaās plan is to play slow, methodical build up football and lump something into the box (forgetting that this isnāt Auba nor Lacaās style of play). This low success approach that Arteta prefers will continue to have Arsenalās margin to win games be razor thin against most opponents.
White and Ramsdale better be much more than they have shown or Arsenal will be in 10th - 12th again.
So, whatās the point and why do I care so much?
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I havenāt seen much of Ramsdale if Iām honest.
What is it exactly that makes him a poor signing? Has he made lots of mistakes during his time at Sheffield? Is he poor at playing from the back?
I hope that this is sarcasm. Guy is a run of the mill keeper that the club is grotesquely overpaying for.
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Haha no sarcasm, genuinely asking. I never really noticed him and barely watched any Sheffield games last season or before.