David Ospina has suggested he has had a change of heart and is willing to remain at Arsenal last season despite the likely loss of first-team football that will entail.

Standard Sport revealed in February that the Colombian goalkeeper was ready to leave Arsenal after spending much of the first half of the season playing second fiddle to Petr Cech.

Ospina made no club appearances for nearly four months after a calamitous error handed Olympiakos victory in a Champions League tie in October.

The Colombian earned redemption in March and April, when a calf injury ruled Cech out of contention, as he made a string of impressive displays including a string of crucial saves at White Hart Lane as the 10-men of Arsenal held on for a draw against Tottenham that would be crucial in the Gunners leapfrogging their local rivals.

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With Wojciech Szczesny expected to return to Roma on loan next season Arsenal would be reluctant to also lose Ospina and have set a high asking price for their reserve goalkeeper, who expects to remain at the Emirates next season.

“I have a contract with Arsenal, I’m happy with the team,” he told reporters in Los Angeles after the Gunner’s friendly with Chivas de Guadlajara on Monday. “We are fighting for the top of the league.

“Now we have two weeks until we start the season. These friendlies serve us very well.”

Ospina started in the 3-1 victory over Chivas at the StubHub Centre, his first game of the Gunners’ pre-season.