On Wednesday morning, it was reported the Dons are prepared to take heed to affords for attacker Ramirez – information which some within the Crimson Military didn’t appear overly involved about.
It’s a far cry from their relationship with Ramirez firstly of the 2021/22 marketing campaign.
What was United States striker Christian Ramirez doing in a different way on the pitch to all of a sudden cease scoring for Aberdeen final season?
The 31-year-old made a incredible begin to his first season at Pittodrie and rapidly grew to become a hero as he made his means into double figures for targets in all competitions, and went on to succeed in 15 strikes.
Nonetheless, many followers have been left sad by a perceived drop in Ramirez’s efficiency ranges after the person who signed him, Stephen Glass, was sacked by the Dons in February throughout a dire run of type, in addition to the ahead’s physique language each within the final a part of the marketing campaign and within the photographs launched since his return from an prolonged vacation within the US for pre-season.
What’s indeniable is US worldwide Ramirez has but to seek out the web in a aggressive match underneath new boss Jim Goodwin, along with his 10 Premiership targets final time period all coming underneath ex-gaffer Glass.
In the course of the summer time break, there was fan-led hypothesis the previous Houston Dynamo attacker wouldn’t be returning to Aberdeen.
It was a view fuelled by social media posts which had been interpreted as displaying Ramirez and his household weren’t settled within the north-east.
Though the participant has in truth returned to Dandies responsibility and is at the moment in Spain on the Dons’ pre-season coaching camp, Wednesday’s experiences – in addition to the £500,000 signing of North Macedonian striker Bojan Miovski in current days – have forged recent doubt on Ramirez’s future with the Reds.
We should wait and see what occurs with Ramirez earlier than the switch window closes, whether or not he stays in Goodwin’s plans, desires to stay and the way the broader Crimson Military really feel about it.
What we will do now’s look to see if every other stats, not simply targets, assist the view we noticed a unique Ramirez within the Premiership video games earlier than and after Glass departed final season.
Perhaps we will even reply the query: Why did he cease scoring?
Right here’s Ramirez’s league scoring file underneath Glass (high line) and underneath Goodwin (backside line):
Underneath Glass, within the Premiership, he was averaging 0.4 targets per 90 minutes, and, underneath Goodwin, it was (in fact) 0 targets per 90 minutes. So sure, much less targets – no shock there.
