#UCLfantasy: Which goalkeepers should you pick?
Saturday, September 10, 2016
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With two spaces for goalkeepers in your Fantasy squad, UEFA.com runs the rule over six contenders.
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Manuel Neuer (FC Bayern München)
€6.5m
2015/16 stats
UEFA Champions League: 11 appearances, 4 clean sheets
Domestic league: 34 appearances, 20 clean sheets
• Neuer has made 11 or more UEFA Champions League outings in each of the last six seasons.
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)
€6.5m
2015/16 stats
UEFA Champions League: 8 appearances, 3 clean sheets
Domestic league: 35 appearances, 21 clean sheets
• Buffon went 974 minutes without conceding in Serie A in 2015/16, a new record; he kept ten successive clean sheets
Kevin Trapp (Paris Saint-Germain)
€6.0m
2015/16 stats
UEFA Champions League: 10 appearances, 5 clean sheets
Domestic league: 35 appearances, 18 clean sheets
• Trapp let in just the one goal in the 2015/16 group stage.
Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid)
€6.0m
2015/16 stats
UEFA Champions League: 13 appearances, 8 clean sheets
Domestic league: 38 appearances, 24 clean sheets
• Oblak has registered ten shut-outs in his 17 UEFA Champions League games for Atlético.
Claudio Bravo (Manchester City)
€5.5m
2015/16 stats
UEFA Champions League: N/A
Domestic league: 32 appearances, 15 clean sheets
• Bravo did not make a UEFA Champions League appearance during his two seasons at Barcelona, though he did play five times for Real Sociedad in 2013/14.
Júlio César (Benfica)
€5.5m
2015/16 stats
UEFA Champions League: 7 appearances, 2 clean sheets
Domestic league: 24 appearances, 12 clean sheets
• César survived 808 minutes without shipping a goal in the 2014/15 Portuguese Liga.