#UCLFantasy: Goalkeepers
Monday, September 11, 2017
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UEFA.com considers which goalkeepers could be the clean-sheet kings this season.
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Anderlecht: Matz Sels (€4.5m) – three clean sheets in the first five matches this season.
APOEL: Boy Waterman (€4.5m) – has only conceded one goal in six qualifiers this season, none at home, and only conceded three in eight home games in Europe last season.
Atlético Madrid: Jan Oblak (€6.0m) – the foundation upon which Spanish football's meanest defence is built. Conceded just two goals in last season's group stage.
Barcelona: Marc-André ter Stegen (€6.0m) – new season, new coach and not 100% assured to play every game given that Ernesto Valverde likes to rotate keepers. Has conceded 31 goals in 32 UEFA Champions League matches.
Basel: Tomáš Vaclík (€5.0m) – 12 clean sheets in 34 league games last season for the sure-handed Czech Republic international.
Bayern München: Manuel Neuer (€6.5m) – 25 clean sheets in 40 matches last season.
Benfica: Bruno Varela (€4.5m) – eight clean sheets with Vitória Setúbal last season.
Beşiktaş: Fabri (€4.5m) – 13 clean sheets in 44 games last season, but none in 11 European appearances for Beşiktaş.
Celtic: Craig Gordon (€4.5m) – kept 20 clean sheets in 35 Scottish Premiership matches last season.
Chelsea: Thibaut Courtois (€6.0m) – undisputed No1 at Stamford Bridge, the Belgian stopper kept 16 clean sheets last season as the Blues romped to the title.
CSKA Moskva: Igor Akinfeev (€5.0m) – hasn't kept a clean sheet in 39 successive UEFA Champions League matches.
Borussia Dortmund: Raphael Bürki (€5.5m) – 13 clean sheets last season in all competitions.
Feyenoord: Brad Jones (€5.0m) – 17 clean sheets in Eredivisie last season.
Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon (€6.5m) – 21 clean sheets in all competitions last season.
Leipzig: Péter Gulácsi (€5.5m) – kept ten clean sheets last season.
Liverpool: Simon Mignolet (€5.0m) – kept nine clean sheets in 28 Premier League appearances in 2016/17.
Manchester City: Ederson (€5.5m) – 24 clean sheets for Benfica last season.
Manchester United: David De Gea (€6.0m) – 16 clean sheets last season.
Maribor: Jasmin Handanović (€4.5m) – 19 clean sheets last season.
Monaco: Danijel Subašić (€5.5m) – 17 clean sheets in Ligue 1 last season, but only one in the run to the UEFA Champions League semi-finals.
Napoli: Pepe Reina (€5.5m) – 12 clean sheets in 38 Serie A games last season.
Olympiacos: Stefanos Kapino (€4.5m) – ten clean sheets in 18 starts last season.
Paris Saint-Germain: Alphonse Areola (€4.5m) – 13 clean sheets and one penalty saved last season.
Porto: Iker Casillas (€5.5m) – all time top UEFA Champions League appearance holder with 164 games in the tournament.Qarabağ: Ibrahim Šehić (€4.5m) – 12 clean sheets in only 19 league appearances last season.
Real Madrid: Keylor Navas (€6.0m) – shown his worth already with a penalty save on the opening day of the season, his fourth stop from eight Liga spot kicks since joining Madrid three years ago.
Roma: Alisson (€5.0m) – played just one UEFA Champions League game last season and four in the Coppa Italia, keeping a single clean sheet.
Sevilla: Sergio Rico (€5.5m) – has kept a clean sheet in half of his 14 UEFA Champions League appearances, excluding qualifying.
Shakhtar: Andriy Pyatov (€5.0m) – six clean sheets in ten European games last season.
Spartak Moskva: Artem Rebrov (€5.0m) – returned the starting line-up at the weekend after missing four games; kept 14 clean sheets in 24 league matches last season.
Sporting: Rui Patrício (€5.0m) – 14 clean sheets in all competitions for Sporting last term.
Tottenham: Hugo Lloris (€6.0m) – kept an impressive 15 clean sheets as Tottenham finished second in the Premier League last term.