Simon Mignolet
Who would have thought back in December that the Belgian would be on the verge of winning the Premier League’s ‘Golden Glove’ award come the end of the season. However, that’s exactly where he’s at – having kept 14 clean-sheets in the top flight, one more than Southampton’s Fraser Forster, who’s out for the rest of the year.
It’s been a remarkable turnaround from a player whose Liverpool career look dead and buried back in December. When he was ‘dropped indefinitely’ in favour of Brad Jones (via BBC Sport) his future certainly looked bleak. But he was given an unexpected reprieve when the Australian limped off against Burnley on Boxing Day and he hasn’t looked back since.
He’s made some truly outstanding saves, playing a decisive role in our wonderful start to the calendar year, which was only ended by defeat to Manchester United at the end of March. He looks back to his best, like the keeper we brought from Sunderland almost two years ago. Whatever the cause, it makes you wonder what could have happened if we’d had this Mignolet during 2014 as well.
