{"id":642526,"date":"2024-07-02T10:50:53","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=642526"},"modified":"2024-07-02T10:50:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:50:53","slug":"arsenal-activate-buyout-option-for-raya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/07\/02\/arsenal-activate-buyout-option-for-raya\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal Activate Buy Option for \u2018Outstanding\u2019 Star"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone knew it was just a matter of when not if. According to reports, Arsenal <\/span>have<\/span> now taken the necessary steps to make goalkeeper David <\/span>Raya’s<\/span> loan move a permanent one.<\/span><\/p>\n

Raya to Continue at Arsenal<\/span><\/h2>\n

Consolidating His Position in North London<\/span><\/h3>\n

Writing on his social media account, transfer guru <\/span>Fabrizio Romano<\/span><\/a> has claimed that Arsenal have formally activated the buy option for <\/span>Raya. As informed in earlier reports, the transfer fee will be \u00a327 million. An official club statement <\/span>is expected<\/span> soon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last summer, Arsenal acquired the goalkeeper from Brentford on loan with a buy option to ensure they <\/span>didn’t<\/span> violate Financial Fair Play rules. There was a consensus among the club hierarchy to make the move permanent this summer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span> \u2018<\/span>Interest Is There<\/span>\u2019 <\/span>\u2013 Arsenal Monitoring Riccardo Calafiori As The Search For A Left-Sided Defender Continues<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Raya <\/span>is set<\/span> to carry on as <\/span>Arsenal’s<\/span> number one next term. He will hope to continue his form and help the Gunners win the league, which they lost to Manchester City by two points in 2023\/24.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why Does Mikel Arteta Prefer Raya?<\/span><\/h3>\n

There was scepticism initially when he arrived, but he forced his critics into silence by putting in <\/span>good performances<\/span><\/a>, which saw his manager call him “outstanding”. The Spaniard went on to win the EPL Golden Glove as he kept 16 clean sheets in just 32 games.<\/span><\/p>\n

His outstanding ability with the ball at his feet has brought a sense of calmness to the Arsenal backline. <\/span>Raya <\/span>also has<\/span> been proactive in claiming crosses to end the <\/span>opposition’s<\/span> aerial threat, unlike Aaron Ramsdale <\/span>who<\/span> often <\/span>opts to punch<\/span> the ball away during crosses.<\/span> The English <\/span>goalkeeper’s<\/span> erratic displays saw him eventually <\/span>lose his place<\/span><\/a> in the starting lineup. He is most likely to be shited out permanently during this transfer window.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More<\/span><\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span>Three Positions That Arsenal Need To Prioritise In This Transfer Window<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Raya is currently on international duty in the Euro 2024 with Spain<\/a>, who have made it to the quarterfinals. <\/span>He has so far featured only in the group match against Albania, where he kept a clean sheet to help his side win 1-0.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Everyone knew it was just a matter of when not if. According to reports, Arsenal have now taken the necessary steps to make goalkeeper David Raya’s loan move a permanent one. Raya to Continue at Arsenal Consolidating His Position in North London Writing on his social media account, transfer guru Fabrizio Romano has claimed that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5155,"featured_media":635345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,7188],"tags":[3190,3956],"class_list":["post-642526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-arsenal","category-rumours","tag-arsenal-transfer-news","tag-david-raya"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}