‘Insane’ Liverpool No.1 and ‘crazy’ Manchester City shot-stopper ranked among top 10 keepers

Manchester City and Liverpool will share custody of the Golden Glove for a season but neither Ederson nor Alisson was the best goalkeeper.

10) David de Gea

This was supposed to be the campaign which heralded De Gea’s protracted fall from a near-decade of grace between the sticks. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had his mind made up for him by Dean Henderson’s pre-season COVID setback and Manchester United’s precarious Champions League status and early domestic cup exits restricting his opportunities to state a subsequent case. De Gea has capitalised on that reprieve, not missing a single Premier League minute and preventing the club from plumbing even further depths.

9) Nick Pope

Burnley might not return to the Premier League any time soon but Pope’s absence might be fleeting. While a reported £40m valuation seems steep, interest in the genuinely elite sweeper keeper is unlikely to be limited to Fulham and West Ham. The Clarets play in a way that affords any talented shot-stopper a platform to perform consistently and conspicuously; the England international has used it to suggest he deserves far better.

8) Aaron Ramsdale

Things slowed for Ramsdale after those first few months in the starting line-up. Bernd Leno kept a Premier League clean sheet more recently and no keeper conceded as many goals to Crystal Palace. But considering the backlash that greeted his signing and the challenge he faced in coming from successive relegations to challenge an established first choice, he exceeded expectations more emphatically than any other player.

Ramsdale, first half of the season, was T3 or T4 in the league. Very very complete. 1v1s, distribution, shot-stopping, cross claiming, sweeping (when he had to).

At 23 years and already one of the