Former Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey has accomplished a emotional return to Cardiff Metropolis on a two-year deal.
This switch comes after French membership NIce and the participant mutually terminated the contract making him a free agent.
The 32-year-old had a profitable medical on Thursday and was formally introduced on Saturday evening.
As a Cardiff Metropolis fan, Ramsey expressed his want to assist the membership attain new heights and return to the highest. He acknowledged the membership’s highs and lows over time and goals to contribute to its success.
Expressing his pleasure upon becoming a member of his boyhood membership, Ramsey stated (through BBC):
“It feels unbelievable to lastly be again right here. I all the time thought someday I’d come again, and now it’s the right time to try this.”
“To be again with my household and round acquainted faces is simply sensible, so I’m delighted to be again right here now. I’ve missed that quite a bit within the final yr or so, so it was essential for me to be again round them.
“Clearly I’m a Cardiff Metropolis fan, and watching them over time since I’ve been away, we’ve had some low factors however some large highs as properly, being within the Premier League and representing Cardiff on the large stage.
“That’s a goal of mine – to attempt to assist my team-mates and this membership to get again to the highest.
“I’ve stated it many instances prior to now – I owe a lot to Cardiff, to the followers, to all people who has been on the membership once I was right here as a younger boy coming by means of.
“For me now to return full circle, to be a part of this group now, and hopefully obtain the targets we wish, there’s no higher feeling than that.”
What maybe makes the day much more particular for Ramsey is that he indicators the identical day his son signed for his or her academy.
It’s an unbelievable feeling to be again at home- though I really feel as if I by no means actually left. The place ever I went it was all the time part of me and now I can’t wait to go on the market within the blue shirt once more. What makes it even higher was my boy additionally signed for Cardiff academy the identical… pic.twitter.com/FaxcRgwvpH
— Aaron Ramsey (@aaronramsey) July 15, 2023
Ramsey loved his greatest time at Arsenal the place he made more than 350 appearances and gained the FA Cup thrice. He left the membership in 2019 and moved to Juventus on a free however struggled to regain his greatest type.
He was subsequently loaned out to Rangers and later signed for OGC Good earlier than finishing his full-circle return to Cardiff Metropolis.
