Aaron Ramsdale yana tashin hankali a watan Afrilu 2023 — jigo a kokarin Arsenal na samun taken, dan wasan kasa da kasa na England, kuma mai takarar shiga tawagar PFA ta shekara. Bayan shekaru biyu, yanzu shi ne zaɓi na huɗu na kwallon ƙafa a Southampton, ƙungiyar Championship, ba tare da wani bayyanar manyan ba wannan kakar a shekara 28.

Tashin koli a Arsenal

Sa'ad da Arsenal suka saye Ramsdale daga Sheffield United da fam miliyan 24 a watan Agusta 2021, masu goyon baya da yawa sun yi shakka game da yanke shawarar. The Blades sun sauka daga Premier League, kuma tsammanin bai yi girma ba. Ramsdale ya yi shiru da sauri — yana yin jerin tsare-tsare na ban mamaki a kakan sa ta farko, musamman wanda ya hana James Maddison harbi na 'yanci a gaban Leicester City, wanda tsohon mai gol ɗin Manchester United, Peter Schmeichel, ya kira "mafi kyau da na gani a cikin shekaru".

Ya taimaka wajen cire Bernd Leno kuma ya jagoranci Arsenal zuwa matsayi na biyar a 2021-22, ingantawa mai muhimmanci daga matsayi na takwas na kakar da ta gabata. A kakar mai zuwa, Ramsdale ya kasance ginshiƙi na ƙoƙarin Arsenal na cin taken da ban mamaki — ƙoƙari wanda ya matsa Manchester City ƙwarai kafin ya ƙare da shan kashi.

Kuskure mai tsada a zanen 3-3 da Southampton a Emirates Stadium — sakamako wanda ya mayar da hannu ga Manchester City a tseren taken — ya tabbata a matsayin makiyar. Duk da haka, bayan wannan kuskure, Ramsdale ya samu wuri a cikin tawagar PFA ta shekara kuma aka zaɓe shi a matsayin mai tsaron gol na shekara a London Football Awards.

Rasa rigar Arsenal

Zuwan David Raya aro daga Brentford a bazara ta 2023 ya canza komai. Raya ya karɓi matsayin farko bayan wasanni huɗu na gasar, kuma Ramsdale ya taras da kansa a gefen. A ɗaya daga cikin bayyanarsa ta ban wuya — a kan Brentford a watan Maris 2024 — ya samu burin Yoane Wissa kafin Arsenal su farfaɗo su lashe 2-1. Wannan zai zama bayyanarsa ta ƙarshe ga ƙungiyar.

Ya tafi Southampton a watan Agusta 2024 da fam miliyan 25, yana komawa daga Euro 2024 da England inda ya kasance madadin da ba a yi amfani da shi ba a duk fadin gasar a Jamus.

Sauka ta uku da lamuni mai wuya a Newcastle United

Sa hannun Ramsdale na Southampton ya yi daidai a wancan lokacin. Manaja Russell Martin yana son mai tsaron gol wanda zai iya wasa daga baya, kuma bayanan Ramsdale sun dace sosai. Ikonsa na wasa da ƙafunsa, tare da kwarewarsa ta baya ta sauka da Sheffield United da Bournemouth, sun sanya shi zabe mai jan hankali.

Hakikanin gaskiya, duk da haka, ya yi ɗaci. Ramsdale ya buga wasanni 30 na gasar yayin da Southampton ta ƙare a ƙasan teburin Premier League da ƙungiyoyi 12 kawai — ƙarancin kofa na biyu mafi ƙasƙanci a tarihin gasar — tare da amshi kwallaye 66, fiye da kowanne mai tsaron gol a 2024-25. Sauka ce ta uku a harkarsa, ko da yake gazawar gama gari na tawagar baki ɗaya an yarda da ita.

Aro zuwa Newcastle United a kakar 2025-26 ya ba shi sabuwar farawa, amma shi ma ya ɓata fata. Ramsdale ya samu gidanka mai tsabta sau biyu kawai a cikin bayyanar 23 a dukkan gasar, yana buga wasanni 12 kawai na Premier League. Kuma ya sha shan kashi mai raɗaɗi 7-2 da Barcelona a zagaye na 16 na UEFA Champions League, yana amshi kwallaye bakwai a wasa ɗaya — mafi yawan da ya taɓa ɗauka a harkarsa.

Me ke jiran sa?

Sabon manaja na Southampton, Tonda Eckert, ya kasance a bayyane game da tsarin mai tsaron gol a kulob din. Daniel Peretz shine lamba ɗaya, George Long shine zaɓi na biyu, kuma Jamie Jones ya dawo a matsayin mai tsaron gol na horarwa — yana barin Ramsdale a matsayi na huɗu.

Duk da haka, an ce Ramsdale yana kula da alaƙa mai kyau da Eckert, ma'aikatan horarwa, da abokan aikinsa masu tsaron gol. Ya ƙi tayin lamuni daga kulob a England, Spain, da Italiya a lokacin tagar bazara, maimakon haka ya zaɓi ya zauna Southampton ya yi faɗa don matsayinsa. Dalilai na sirri ma sun taka rawa — matarsa kwanan nan ta haifi ɗansu na biyu kuma iyali suna zaune a yankin.

Tsohon abokin tawagansa a Bournemouth, Asmir Begovic, wanda ya koyar da Ramsdale a farkon harkarsa, ya gaya wa BBC Sport cewa yana tunanin halin da ake ciki yanzu "yana da wahala sosai kuma yana sa takaici" ga mai tsaron gol. "Dole ne ya kasance a shirye a kan dogon lokaci," in ji Begovic, "kuma idan damar yin tafiya ya zo, yana a shirye."

Ramsdale yana imani cewa hanyar dawo wa tawagar ta farko ta Southampton tana buɗe kuma yana da niyyar yin faɗa don matsayinsa aƙalla har zuwa tagar Janairu, lokacin da zabi ɗinsa zai iya faɗaɗa.