{"id":5443,"date":"2026-06-25T08:22:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T08:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=5443"},"modified":"2026-06-25T08:22:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T08:22:41","slug":"aaron-ramsey-new-oxford-united-head-coach-ready-for-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=5443","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Ramsey: New Oxford United head coach ‘ready’ for challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"


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New Oxford United boss Aaron Ramsey says he is ready for his first permanent head coach role as he prepares to take charge of the League One club.<\/b><\/p>\n

The former Arsenal and Wales midfielder, 35, only retired from playing in April,<\/a> and was previously interim manager of Cardiff City for the final three games of the 2024-25 season.<\/p>\n

“I wouldn’t be sat in this position if I didn’t think I was ready,” he told BBC Radio Oxford. “I’ve been planning for this now for the last few years.<\/p>\n

“As soon as I started these conversations with the club, and I realised how ambitious they were and everything that’s in place, I knew this was the right place for me.”<\/p>\n

Ramsey was announced on Tuesday<\/a> as the successor to Matt Bloomfield, who was sacked following the club’s relegation from the Championship.<\/p>\n

At his first media conference since his appointment, he stopped short of saying promotion from League One at the first attempt was his stated aim for the new season.<\/p>\n

“For me, now, success looks like instilling everyday behaviours and habits into my team and giving us a platform, (from) which I’m confident success will follow,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I have a really clear way of playing, an identity that I want to create. But that is built on clear principles first, underpinned by elite habits and behaviours.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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