Who's better Alisson or Ederson? Julio Cesar gives his view on Brazilian goalkeepers

Former Brazil number one Julio Cesar has weighed in on the debate about who is the best goalkeeper out of Liverpool's Alisson and Manchester City's Ederson.

The duo have been fighting on all fronts in Europe and England once again this season, most notably in the Premier League title race, and were close to facing each other in the Champions League final.

For their country, Alisson and Ederson are battling it out over Tite's number one spot with the World Cup coming up in the winter. Cesar, who is considered one of Selecao's best ever shot-stoppers, has given his view on the pair.

"Great question, I will stay quiet!" Cesar replied to GOAL when asked about who is better, but added his view on their emergence in the sport.

Adding in the chat set up by Enterprise Rent-A-Car: "In the last years, after Dida and me, the people in European football started to look for our position in Brazil as an important position.

"When I arrived in Italy, there was talk about Waldir Perez in 1982 [a goalkeeper who made high profile mistakes in a World Cup]. They said I was an example that goalkeepers in Brazil were getting better.

"I was like, ‘no, Brazil has always had great goalkeepers.’ Now, you guys have just started to respect our position.

"Now, if we talk about the best three goalkeepers in the world, we could talk about Ederson and Alisson. It isn’t just those two but there are many others in Europe. Most people respect Brazilian goalkeepers in football now.

"It could have been Emerson vs Alisson in the Champions League final but for those two late goals in the semi-final. When you talk about goalkeepers for the WC, Tite doesn’t need to worry about either of those two."

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