Wednesday, 23 January 2008

The keepers...


Over the next few weeks we'll be looking at some of the players involved in the next stages of the Champions League and how the TFF competiton rates them. Here's a list of all the keepers left in the tournament and the valuations placed on them...

P Cech CHE 4.0
J Reina LIV 3.9
Dida ACM 3.8
V Valdes BAR 3.7
E van der Sar MUN 3.6
J Cesar INT 3.5
J Lehmann ARS 3.4
I Casillas MAD 3.4
A Palop SEV 3.4
Doni ROM 3.3
R Vercoutre LYO 3.2
C Cudicini CHE 3.1
T Kuszczak MUN 3.1
M Neuer SCH 3.1
Helton POR 3.0
V Demirel FEN 3.0
A Nikopolidis OLY 3.0
L Fabianski ARS 2.9
M Almunia ARS 2.9
A Boruc CEL 2.8

Now, taking a quick glance at this the value I can see lies with Manuel Almunia of Arsenal at £2.9m. With Jens Lehmann's nose being firmly out of joint with the Gunners, Almunia is the undoubted No1 and with the first leg tie against holders AC Milan being at the Emirates a clean sheet, against a side who were beaten at Celtic Park during qualifying and by all accounts haven't performed this season could easily be on the cards.
Almunia managed 4 clean sheets during the qualifying stages, something that was only matched by Victor Valdes of Barcelona.

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