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#2 Bernd Leno
Bernd Leno was signed in June by Arsenal from Bayer Leverkusen for £19.2m, and owing to the humongous amounts expended on goalkeepers since that time, the deal could prove to be a shrewd piece of business by the Gunners.
At 26, the German international has a lot of years of top-level goalkeeping left in him, and he comes highly recommended with one of the most burgeoning reputations, as a rising German goalkeeper.
He boosted his stock in the Bundesliga with Bayer Leverkusen, becoming the third goalkeeper in Bundesliga history to keep a clean sheet in his first three appearances, and a month later became the youngest German goalkeeper to feature in the Champions League when he made his UCL debut against Chelsea aged 19 years and 103 days.
He made a total of 233 league appearances for Leverkusen and was a part of the Confederations Cup winning team in 2017. He would have undoubtedly had more than his 6 international caps but for the reputations of those ahead of him (Manuel Neuer and Andre Ter Stegen).
Manchester City arguably has the best attack in the league, evidenced by the record 106 goals they scored last season (although Salah and Liverpool would have something to say about that), so stopping them from scoring is no mean feat, as they possess deadly forwards such as Sergio Aguero, Gabriel Jesus, Riyad Mahrez and Leroy Sane who are among the best at their positions in the world.
This is where a quality goalkeeper comes in, as he is the last line of defense after his defenders have been beaten, and if he is at the top of his game, Bernd Leno could be the difference between Arsenal conceding a bucketload and keeping the Man City attack at bay.
