Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey is on course for returning to fitness after the horrific double fracture last season. The 19-year-old's horrific injury was caused by a reckless tackle by Stoke City's Ryan Shawcross. Ramsey is now four months into his recovery.

Ramsey has progressed to the next step of his rehabilitation process, now running for the first time since suffering his injury.

Saunders, who is pleased with the progress Aaron Ramsey has made, said: "Aaron is running now and just needs the pin taken out at some stage.

"That's a decision he will make soon when he's ready, but from what I've heard he's progressing brilliantly and it shouldn't be too long.

"It's important for him, Arsenal and Wales to get back playing as he's a great talent who should be showing us that on the football pitch."

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Chris Gunter is convinced injured Wales star Aaron Ramsey will return stronger from his horrific leg break.

Arsenal midfielder Ramsey required major surgery after being badly injured in a poor challenge from Stoke's Ryan Shawcross in February. The 19-year-old is now making good progress and the Gunners are hopeful he will be fit to play again in the autumn.

"I saw him last Sunday, he's doing really well," said Gunter, the Wales and Nottingham Forest defender. "He is hoping to start running in a few weeks, then there will be three or four more weeks before he can kick a ball. He's over the disappointment now, and he is focusing on getting back."

He added: "It was a terrible thing to go through, but one I am sure that in years to come he will look back and say it made him stronger."

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Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey accepts that Stoke City's Ryan Shawcross did not intend to break his leg.

However, the Gunners starlet feels the Potters defender did want to 'take him out' and could have avoided the horror challenge which fractured his tibia and fibula.

"I remember everything, but you just have to get on with things and that is what I am doing at the moment," Ramsey told Arsenal's official matchday programme as he sets out on the long road to recovery.

"I don't believe he wanted to break my leg, but I think he wanted to go through the ball and me - to take me out and make sure I felt the tackle. He was caught out of position a little, but he could definitely have changed his mind before making the tackle, realising that he was not going to get there and so not committing.

"If I was tackling and saw there was not a chance of getting to the ball cleanly, I would not make the tackle - and I don't think there was a chance of him getting there."

Arsenal starlet Aaron Ramsey has said he has no doubts that the best team won after the Gunners defeated Liverpool 2-1 on Wednesday evening to move into the League Cup quarter-finals.

The 18-year-old was handed a rare start as the Gunners secured victory at the Emirates Stadium thanks to goals from Fran Merida and Nicklas Bendtner.

Ramsey feels Arsenal were comfortably the better side and that Rafael Benitez’s visitors struggled to cope with the hosts’ attacking play.

“I don’t think there is any doubt that the best team won,” the Wales international midfielder said to Sky Sports. “We played some great football at times and showed what we could do.

“We got the ball down and passed it and at times they couldn’t live with us, which was proven in the build-up to the two goals.

“It was a great performance from the lads and a well-deserved win. We believe in getting the ball down and playing football the way we do.

“Arsene Wenger encourages that right through the youth systems and you can see tonight that some of the youngsters coming in play in exactly the same way as the first-team do – that can only be a good thing for Arsenal.”

AARON Ramsey is the new Ryan Giggs, just don’t mention it to the shy 18-year-old. I did once, but I think I got away with it.

Not since 1991 when ‘Giggsy’ became the then-youngest player ever to don the famous red jersey has such a buzz surrounded a Welsh footballer as it does now with young ‘Rambo.’

You sense the teenaged Ramsey is aware of it, but he’s already level-headed enough to take it in his stride.

“I try not to think too much about stuff like that,” Ramsey told me as we chatted after Wales’ friendly defeat to Montenegro in Podgorica on Wednesday night.

“If people compare me to Ryan Giggs then, sure, that is a great compliment for me.“But I like to think I play my way and have my own way of approaching the game.

“Ryan’s been a great professional over the years and has won all those league titles and Champions Leagues at Manchester United.

“Yeah, a career like Ryan Giggs? Well, I think anyone would take it.”

Whatever the X-factor is in football, Ramsey has it.

Aaron Ramsey has urged his Wales team-mates to take their Montenegro frustrations out on the Russians in their next 2010 World Cup qualifier.

The Arsenal star concedes the Wales squad are "very down" in the wake of a "disappointing" 2-1 friendly defeat in Podgorica on Wednesday.

Russia visit Cardiff next month and Ramsey insists Wales will be motivated to right the wrongs of Montenegro.

"Everyone will be up for that game to show what we can really do," he said.

Arsenal's young midfielder Aaron Ramsey is confident of securing a regualar starting place in the Gunner's side.

The former Cardiff City man believes his improved physical fitness will provide him with the boost to become a key player at The Emirates.

The 18-year-old told thelondonpaper.com, "I definitely feel ready to push for the first team.

"Obviously the first year, especially the first few months, were quite surreal. It took me a bit of time to get used to things. But now I know what to expect and I'm ready to go."

The youngster is determined to prove to manager Arsene Wenger that he is worthy of a first team spot.

"Arsenal have proven that they bring in loads of youngsters and give them opportunities. And when they are ready, the boss puts them in the team. That's what I've got to prove - that I'm ready," he added. Fans can have a sports bet on how many games he'll get next season, and it has to be worth a punt, now that he is in the form of his life.

He believes he has developed well over his first year and that his improved physical presence will give him the break he has been pushing for.

"I don't think I've changed too much as a person but obviously I have learned a lot, football-wise, from my first year, and mentally as well from living on my own," he said.

"I've been doing a few things with my Dad and my brother over the summer so physically I am a lot stronger than I was as well.

"I'd like to play in every game, but I will try my hardest to get into the starting eleven and put pressure on the manager to pick me. That's my target for the new season."

ARSENE WENGER has underlined his belief in Welsh wizard Aaron Ramsey by snapping him up on a new deal with Arsenal.

The Gunners boss believes Ramsey, 18, can develop into a genuine Premier League star in the next few years.

Wenger says he is looking forward to working with Ramsey and ensuring his career continues to blossom.

Ramsey made his Wales debut under John Toshack last season and already appears to have cemented himself in the manager’s first-team XI for the coming 2009-10 campaign.

There has been speculation Wenger would loan Ramsey out to Premier League rivals Birmingham this season in a bid to enhance his football education with regular match action.

But Wenger clearly wants to work with Ramsey under his own tutelage after agreeing terms on a bumper new deal.

“We’re delighted that Aaron has signed a new contract."