Four months into the season, Arsenal’s loanees have had time to settle at their temporary clubs, so let’s have a look at how each of them is doing.

2David Ospina

TURIN, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 29: David Ospina of SSC Napoli during the Srie A match between Juventus and SSC Napoli at Allianz Stadium on September 29, 2018 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Images )
TURIN, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 29: David Ospina of SSC Napoli during the Srie A match between Juventus and SSC Napoli at Allianz Stadium on September 29, 2018 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Images )
  • Position: Goalkeeper
  • Loaned to: Napoli – Serie A
  • Appearances: 13
  • Clean sheets: 3

Moving on to the goalkeepers, David Ospina has made a good start to life in Italy. At first, the fans weren’t sure about the club bringing in a goalkeeper who was way down the pecking order with Arsenal, but he’s won them over pretty quickly.

Despite only keeping a limited number of clean sheets, Ospina has put in a fair few impressive performances, particularly in the Champions League. Keeping a clean sheet in the win over Liverpool and earning Napoli two draws against PSG with his saves can’t do any harm to his reputation.

In fact, the rumours are that Napoli now want to activate their option-to-buy, regardless of whether Ospina reaches the 30-appearance mark (when the purchase would become compulsory). That’s ideal for Arsenal, who would really prefer to move him on at this stage.

It hasn’t been a completely perfect start to the campaign for Ospina, considering the number of goals he has let in. Plus, he’s still not starting every single game for Napoli. Nonetheless, things are going pretty well.

Loan rating: 7.5/10

Matt Macey

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  • Position: Goalkeeper
  • Loaned to: Plymouth Argyle – League One
  • Appearances: 25
  • Clean sheets: 4

As you can see, Macey is certainly getting a lot of game time with Plymouth, but that’s definitely not translating into clean sheets. At first, the Plymouth fans tended to blame this on the defence, and they insisted Macey was doing a good job.

However, they’ve since grown a bit more impatient with the goalkeeper, particularly when it comes to parrying the ball back into danger. The defence is still just as much to blame too, but Macey’s grace period isn’t lasting, with Plymouth in the bottom three and conceding another three goals at the weekend.

The one positive is a couple of penalty saves from the goalkeeper. Otherwise, his performances need to improve for him to have a chance at Arsenal.

Loan rating: 5/10

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