You watched him in competitions that doesn't require any form of consistency. Salif Diao and Diouf looked class in the world cup, but they were average players. Even Baros almost won the golden boot at the euros. De Gea had a shocking world cup, cost them a win against Portugal, but that doesn't make him a poor keeper.
If you watched him with Roma on a consistent basis you would know that in some games he saved his team from drawing or losing. You can ask any Roma fans that, they will tell you how good he was and why they are asking such a high price for him.
He also suits us, with the system we play because he is excellent at kicking and distribution that he is very similar to Reina in this regard. 62m is a gamble, but like VVD he is worth the punt.
Reina was not a good shot stopper either, the fact you said he was in your previous post that tells me you didn't watch Reina an awful lot.
Reina was good because he closed down people quickly because he could read the game well.
He knew exactly when and when not to come out to get the ball.
He was great and making the shooting angle smaller and forcing Strikers to take other options.
His reflexes were not that of a natural shot stopper, unless you call all keepers shot stoppers.
On the other hand, people thought Mignolet was a shot stopper but he didn't know his feet weren't glued to the freaking line and was probably even worse than Reina in the reflexes department.
If you think World Cup is not a good measure of a goalkeeper you are full of it.
It is a great measure, they are under a lot more pressure.
Look at Lloris flapping like Karius.
Do we really want that sh*t in a CL final?
We need goalkeepers that can handle pressure.
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