Liverpool’s signing of Giorgi Mamardashvili now appears more and more shrewd within the wake of stories which has emerged on Wednesday night.
As per The Mirror, the nominations for the varied classes within the 2024 Ballon D’Or ceremony have been introduced, together with the Yachine Trophy for the world’s finest goalkeeper of the yr.
The Georgian – who lately penned a deal to hitch the Reds and has been loaned again to Valencia for this season – is among the many 10 nominees for that prize, though our present first-choice stopper Alisson Becker has been omitted from the shortlist.
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Liverpool followers might be left scratching their heads as to how the constantly sensible Alisson has been missed in favour of the likes of South Africa’s Ronwen Williams and Actual Madrid’s Ukrainian stopper Andriy Lunin, who was dropped throughout Euro 2024 after a depressing efficiency in opposition to Romania.
Nevertheless, it’s an excellent portent to see Mamardashvili make the 10-man shortlist, particularly forward of our present primary, and it means that the 23-year-old may pose a risk to the Brazilian’s place within the Reds’ beginning XI even when each are at Anfield concurrently.
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The Georgian was distinctive for his nation as they reached the knockout levels of the Euros of their first-ever main event, and he managed a formidable 13 clear sheets in 37 LaLiga video games for Valencia final season, even when his crew have had a poor begin to the present marketing campaign.
His nomination for the Yachine Trophy will delight the Liverpool hierarchy, who should really feel that they’ve executed notably properly to snap up the younger stopper as Alisson’s long-term successor.
It’s additionally a pleasant early win for Mamardashvili to be classed forward of the person he’s striving to switch by the brains at France Soccer who resolve on the nominees.
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