I am always loath to assign goalkeepers too much importance, but you have to make an exception for the greats.
We sometimes undervalue the importance of goalkeepers.
You can't win any trophies unless you've got a top goalkeeper.
If there is one certainty in soccer, it is this: The quickest road to becoming a winning soccer team is to have a great goalkeeper.
It's very easy for people to overlook how important a good goalkeeper is in a team.
After matches, the highlights show mostly the goals, scoring chances, assists. The spectator tends not to remember that, as a goalkeeper, I make difficult saves at great risk and start moves with my efforts.
If you are fighting at the top in the Premier League then you cannot do that with a dodgy goalkeeper. It is not possible.
The goalkeeper is very, very important, as much as a striker. Anyone who wants to win a title has to have a goalkeeper.
I consider all aspects of being a goalkeeper as fundamental in the development of the side as a whole.
As far as I am concerned, Donnarumma is one of the most important goalkeepers in the world.
I think football is evolving, and I think the role of the keeper is becoming more and more important in the game in general.
Every position is difficult, but you're always involved in the biggest chances of the opponent; when there's a goal, you're always involved. It's difficult to explain, but this is the importance of the goalkeeper: he's always concentrated, even if he's not running as much as other players. He always needs to be focused.
