One Arsenal star who is very important to the team and Mikel Arteta is expected to change shirt number at the end of the 2024/25 season.
David Raya, who is currently Arsenal’s number 22, has been one of Mikel Arteta’s most important players this season. The goalkeeper has played every single minute in the Premier League so far this campaign.
He’s made 24 league appearances, conceded 22 goals and kept eight clean sheets. While in the Champions League he started all but one of the eight group stage matches, conceding only two goals and keeping five clean sheets.
He’s been an ever present starter in the Arsenal team this season, which is a rare find with the amount of injuries the club have had to deal with.
Although he made an error last time out against Newcastle in the Carabao Cup which lead to the second goal, generally he’s one of Arsenal’s most consistent performers.
It’s one of the main reasons why he’s expected to change shirt numbers ahead of the 2025/26 campaign. At the beginning of the season Aaron Ramsdale was still at Arsenal and he held the number one shirt.
However with the England international now at Southampton, David Raya is expected to take the number one shirt at the end of the season. I’m sure many fans will agree the Spaniard deserves it.
At 29-years-old, he’s still got a long way to go in his career as a goalkeeper and no doubt there’s a chance he could be the Arsenal number one for the next five years under Mikel Arteta.
