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Ranking the 10 best Bundesliga goalkeepers for the 2024/25 season

4Aug

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Bundesliga, Features

Ranking the 10 best Bundesliga goalkeepers for the 2024/25 season

Perhaps no league in the world is more famous for creating quality goalkeeping talent than the Bundesliga, and that goes beyond the obvious fact that the literal GOAT of goalkeepers, Manuel Neuer, was made in the Bundesliga at Schalke and became a legend at Bayern Munich. Keepers like Kevin Trapp, Koen Casteels, Peter Gulasci, Lukas Hradecky, Oliver Baumann, Yann Sommer, and now Gregor Kobel have been operating at the highest level for years in the Bundesliga, ranking themselves among the best on the continent. But who are the best Bundesliga goalkeepers heading into a fresh season? Here is a ranking of the top 10 shot-stoppers to know. 10. Alexander Nubel, Stuttgart Alexander Nubel is a pretty recognizable goalkeeper in German football because he was Schalke's captain before movin...

The 10 most underrated center backs in world football in 2024

As a position, center backs are underrated in general, because they have to do so much heavy lifting to stop the opposition's best attackers and are being tasked with more playmaking and on-the-ball ability under pressure - even moreso in modern football than ever before. Here are 10 center backs who are especially underrated. These are young players who haven't yet been picked out as top transfer targets, or they are more experienced players in their primes who have somehow flown under the radar, largely because they star for clubs outside of the spotlight. Joachim Andersen, Crystal Palace Even though Joachim Anderen has been operating at the highest level while starting for Crystal Palace in the Premier League, the vast majority of fans around the world don't know how good he is. ...

Final 2022/23 Bundesliga Team of the Season

Now that the 2022/23 Bundesliga season has come to a close, it's time to take back at this wonderfully wild season that gave us one of the all-time great Cinderella stories with Union Berlin qualifying for the 2023/24 Champions League. Let's take a look at the 2022/23 Bundesliga Team of the Season, which, yes, features an Union standout! GK Gregor Kobel, Borussia Dortmund The Bundesliga usually features a handful of top goalkeeping performances, with Yann Sommer having another strong campaign for both Borussia Mönchengladbach and eventual champions Bayern München. However, his countryman, Gregor Kobel, had an even stronger season despite being on the "wrong end" of the title race for Borussia Dortmund. That Dortmund made it to the final day of the title race against Bayern is parti...