Aaron Ramsdale has already got a nickname at Newcastle United

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Aaron Ramsdale is quickly getting used to life as a Newcastle United player.

He is the latest player to arrive at St James’ Park, with Aaron Ramsdale joining Newcastle United on loan from Southampton with an option to buy.

Eddie Howe was happy to sign Ramsdale, with the 27-year-old set to put Nick Pope under pressure for a place in the starting XI.

Ramsdale has started working alongside his new teammates at the Newcastle United training ground this week, and has already got himself a nickname.

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What Newcastle United staff are calling Aaron Ramsdale in training

As Newcastle United prepare to face Espanyol on Friday and Atletico Madrid on Saturday, Eddie Howe has been putting his players through their paces at Darsley Park.

That includes Ramsdale, who looks poised to make his first appearance as a Newcastle United player.

Ahead of those games, the club have shared a clip from Thursday’s training session to their social media channels.

During the 27 second video, Anthony Elanga is seen scoring a goal before Ramsdale makes a reaction save with his left hand. Afterwards, there is a shout of ‘well done Ramma’ from one of the Newcastle United coaching staff.

As ever in football, it is another inventive nickname for Newcastle United’s newest recruit!

Aaron Ramsdale is very familiar with Newcastle United’s coaching team already

It is great to see Ramsdale settling in to his new surroundings, but the goalkeeper is actually already very familiar with a lot of people at the club.

During his first interview after signing, Ramsdale spoke very highly of Nick Pope. The duo have worked closely together with England, which should allow them to dovetail seamlessly on Tyneside.

Ramsdale is also an Eddie Howe disciple, having played under him and his coaching team at Bournemouth.

During an interview with Newcastle United’s media team, Ramsdale spoke about his history with Howe and his staff.

“He [Howe] is someone I’ve got huge respect for,” he said.

“He disciplined me when I needed to and showed me the ropes of becoming a professional footballer. Gave me my debut. He was tough on me. Showed me the love. Over the past three or four years we’ve communicated on a personal level of trying to become a better goalkeeper. His intensity as everyone can see on the training pitch and the sidelines is something I used to love in training. Brings the best out of me.

“Everyone talks about the assistant manager and manager, good cop bad cop. You’ve got JT and then behind that Purchy [Stephen Purches] and Bonner [Graeme Jones] who I’ve worked with at England.

“It allows me to come in and be myself straight away and be free and not having to worry about names or how people do things because I’ve experienced it at Bournemouth.”