1 Alisson
2 Emiliano Martinez
3 Ederson
4 Oblak
5 Ter Stegen
6 Neuer
7 Maignan
8 Sommer
9 Hradecky
10 Donnarumma
- Yann SOMMER, Inter Milan/Switzerland
Key attributes/style of play: Experience, reflexes and excellent passing
Stat to know: Sommer has 19 shutouts this season in Serie A, the most in Europe's top five leagues this season.
Why he's on the list: At just over 6 feet tall, he's the shortest keeper on this list, but he has compensated for that with remarkably quick reaction times — supposedly honed by the special glasses he uses in training — a calmness under pressure and a preternatural sense of anticipation. Somewhat overlooked in his 11 seasons at Borussia Mönchengladbach — though not by Switzerland, for whom he has 88 caps and counting — he has twice stepped up to fill (supposedly) bigger shoes: last year at Bayern, coming in for the injured Manuel Neuer, and this season at Inter, when he took over following André Onana's switch to Manchester United.
Projection for next season: At 35 years of age and with two years left on his hefty contract, he's not going anywhere. — Gab Marcotti
https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40179269/manuel-neuer-best-goalkeepers-men-soccer
by ForzaInter_1908
3 comments
Ridiculous to put Maignan higher. Sommer has more appearances and a higher save percentage of 84.5% to Maignan’s 74%. Clear bias
Onana left Ajax as an ok goalkeeper, to become the best in the world while playing with Bastoni-Acerbi-Darmian. He left Inter and went back to be an ok goalkeeper. Meanwhile Sommer, an ok goalkeeper at the twilight of his career, left Bayern after a disastrous spell to become one of the best in the world while playing with Bastoni-Acerbi-Pavard.
I see a pattern here…
Sommer has been a supremely underrated keeper for years. He was showing peak performance in Gladbach