Aaron Ramsey’s Wales teammate, Chris Gunter, believes that the midfielder doesn’t let fan criticism to get to him because he has nothing to prove.

Rambo’s come under heavy criticism over the last few seasons. Fans feel that he’s not reached his potential and he can be frustrating to watch. He had a spell of poor form after his return from that horrific leg break, which was understandable, but then appeared to pull himself out of the hole and become one of the Gunners’ most important players.

Unfortunately, this rut feels slightly more permanent.

With the 26-year-old’s contract coming to an end in 2018, fans are understandably beginning to ask whether he should remain at the club past this summer if he doesn’t improve.

Gunter claims that Ramsey doesn’t let criticism get to him as he doesn’t need to prove himself.

“He is fine, it’s not something that bothers him,” said the Reading defender.

“He doesn’t need to prove himself to anyone, and the stuff wouldn’t bother Aaron because you find out very quickly in football who to listen to.

“The only people you need to impress are your team-mates and your manager and everything else going around it, you take and it changes every week.

“Piers Morgan is not in football, is he?

“Anybody like that you have to separate, especially in this day and age with social media everybody wants followers, views, likes and this type of stuff and how much is somebody like that just doing it for the attention?

“For Aaron it doesn’t bother me because we all get stick at certain times. I have had it and he has certainly had it over the years.”

It’s a shame because there’s no disputing that Ramsey is a hugely talented player. He more or less carried Wales through Euro 2016 and when playing for Arsenal there are glimmers of his old self but he seems so lacking in confidence that it’s hard to tell if he’ll ever fully return.