Unai Emery has explained how Aaron Ramsey will help them in the league being that he is one of the experienced squad members.
“His experience here at Arsenal and the Premier League is very important and will give us all the information and performances in his quality. Then, the contract is for speaking with the club and the players. That’s not my work. For me it’s very important he stays with us,” Emery said concerning Ramsey’s contract.
Arsenal hosts Manchester City on Sunday.
Ramsey mainly plays as a box-to-box midfielder, but has also been deployed on the left and right wings. He played as a schoolboy for Cardiff City, where he spent eight years in youth football, became the club’s youngest ever first team player, and made 22 appearances for the senior team – including the 2008 FA Cup Final.
Ramsey moved to Arsenal in 2008 in a £5 million deal, where he quickly gained first team experience. However, his career stalled significantly after he suffered a broken leg in a match against Stoke City in February 2010. After two loan spells away from Arsenal, he returned to full fitness and re-established himself as a regular starter during the 2011–12 season. Ramsey was a key player for Arsenal in the 2013–14 seasoncampaign, scoring 16 goals in all competitions, including the winner in the 2014 FA Cup Final against Hull City. He also played in the 2015 FA Cup Final, which Arsenal won, and scored a second FA Cup winning goal in 2017.
Ramsey made his full international debut for Wales in 2008, and was part of their successful UEFA Euro 2016 campaign, where he was included in the Team of the Tournament. He also represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics.
After Mikel Arteta’s departure, Ramsey was handed the number 8 jersey. On 7 March 2017, Ramsey scored his first goal of the 2016–17 season from outside the penalty area in a 1–2 away victory over Preston in the third round of the FA Cup.[85] Ramsey scored his second goal of the season against non-league outfit Lincoln City in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, rounding Lincoln’s goalkeeper before drilling it into the net for Arsenal’s last goal in a 5–0 victory. On 27 May 2017, he scored the winning goal for Arsenal in the 2017 FA Cup Final for a 2–1 win over Chelsea. It was the second time he scored the winning goal for Arsenal in the FA Cup final, after previously doing so in 2014 in a 3–2 win over Hull City.
Ramsey started in Arsenal’s opening 2017–18 season Premier League fixture against Leicester City, bringing the Gunner’s back to level at 3–3 in the 83rd minute in an eventual 4–3 victory. On 22 October 2017, Ramsey scored Arsenal’s fourth in a 2–5 away victory against Everton at Goodison Park.A week later on 28 October 2017, Ramsey scored the winner in a 2–1 win against Swansea City, slotting into the bottom-left corner from a Sead Kolašinac pass via the right-foot of Swansea goalie Łukasz Fabiański.
The goal meant that Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger was victorious in his 800th Premier League game in charge and also was Ramsey’s 50th goal for Arsenal.On 4 February 2018, Ramsey scored his first career hat-trick in a 5–1 home victory against Everton.
Ramsey scored another big goal for the Gunners, netting the second goal in their 0–2 win over AC Milan at San Siro Stadium in the Europa League round of 16 first leg tie on 8 March 2018. He made a smart run on the brink of half time, receiving a pass from Mesut Ozil before rounding Milan keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and slotting it into the empty net with great composure. After having one goal ruled out early on for offside, Ramsey scored a brace in the 4-1 quarter-final first leg victory over CSKA Moscow in the Europa League. The first a simple side-foot from a Héctor Bellerín cross, the second a brilliant instinctive volleyed flick over the goalkeeper. At the end of the season, he was voted by Arsenal fans as their player of the season, the second time he had received the honour.