Juventus and Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has named his top five goalkeepers in the world right now – and guess who didn’t make the list?
Renowned for the longevity of his ongoing senior career, Buffon is the Italy national team’s all-time leading appearance-maker with 176 caps while only one player, Paolo Maldini, has played more games in Serie A (635) history. NaijaBet.com
“Not taking into account Italian keepers, I would say [Jan] Oblak, [Keylor] Navas, [Marc-Andre] ter Stegen, Ederson, [Manuel] Neuer and [Thibaut] Courtois,” the 40-year-old Juve ‘keeper told reporters at a pre-match press conference. NaijaBet.com
“I hope I did not forget anybody.”
Two notable names missing from the list include Buffon himself, obviously, and another which was presumably, as Buffon feared, forgotten as the Juve No.1 has previously spoken in glowing terms of his Spanish counterpart at Manchester United.
What about David De Gea?
Considered by many the world’s best goalkeeper, David De Gea is having his best season yet at United, some achievement given the standards he has previously set.
When it comes to the average number of saves each of the others named by Buffon make per goal conceded. the United goalkeeper is ahead everyone on the list (four saves per goal) except for Marc-Andre ter Stegen (4.31). NaijaBet.com
Beyond what you can quantify, De Gea is renowned for incredible saves demonstrating astonishing reflexes and athleticism; the most recent of these came in the Manchester derby on Saturday when the Spaniard pulled of an acrobatic stop to deny Sergio Aguero an equaliser in the 89th minute. NaijaBet.com
