Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is thrilled with Aaron Ramsey’s “transformation” over the last 12 months.
Once a highly criticized figure by Gunners supporters, the Welshman has been in imperious form in 2013-14 and his boss admits that he was considering dropping the midfielder to spare him the crowd’s frustrations.
“Let’s not forget that, one year ago, people were saying to me: ‘It’s difficult to play him at the Emirates (Stadium),’” Wenger told the press. “You could see there was impatience with him at home. You always are, as a manager, in a period where you think: ‘Do I push him through and he can go more down or do you give him a breather — to regenerate, to get him a fresh start?’
“That’s always difficult for us to assess because it is linked to their mental state. When their own confidence is down, of course, they are in trouble but he is a confident boy. You have to give Aaron credit for that transformation — the credit goes to him because he could deal with that. He has shown he could come back, never give up, and convince everybody that he has the needed quality.”
Ramsey’s progress was set back for a long time by a broken leg suffered in a challenge with Ryan Shawcross in February 2010 but Wenger feels that he has recovered and is now on his way to fulfilling his vast potential.
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