Former Liverpool goalkeeping coach John Achterberg has claimed it’s “disrespectful” that Alisson has been snubbed from the Yashin Trophy for the final two years.
The Yashin Trophy is an award created by France Soccer, who additionally run the Ballon d’Or award for the world’s greatest participant.
As soon as France Soccer has made its 10 nominations, former Ballon d’Or winners then vote for who they suppose is the most effective goalkeeper on the earth.
In 2019, Alisson gained the inaugural prize named after legendary Soviet goalkeeper Lev Yashin, when he triumphed within the Champions League, however he has discovered himself not even nominated within the final two years.
That is one thing former Liverpool goalkeeping coach John Achterberg claimed is “disrespectful” in direction of the Brazilian.
Talking to LFC Switch Room, Achterberg stated: “Ali, you recognize, he has been the most effective on the earth actually for the previous couple of years for my part. I can say that now as a result of now I’m not his coach, however I have a look at it from the surface.
“It’s most likely just a little bit disrespectful that the final two years he’s not likely concerned within the Yashin Trophy, and I do know it is likely to be finished solely on the Champions League, however within the first 12 months, he was undoubtedly I feel, within the Champions League and he was not even within the prime 10.”
The season Achterberg is referring to right here is the 2022/23 season, when the Reds have been comprehensively knocked out by Actual Madrid within the final 16 of the Champions League.
The present Al-Ettifaq coach continued: “I’m undecided who’s in cost there, however most likely they don’t have a clue about goalkeeping an excessive amount of as a result of I feel it’s actually disrespectful that he’s not even within the prime 5, however you recognize, that’s for different folks to determine.”
Final 12 months’s Yashin Trophy was gained by World Cup winner Emiliano Martinez, with Ederson and Yassine Bounou making up the remainder of the highest three – Aaron Ramsdale and Andre Onana have been additionally nominated.
This 12 months’s nominees are Ronwen Williams, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Diogo Costa, Mike Maignan, Andriy Lunin, Yann Sommer, Gregor Kobel, Unai Simon, Martinez and soon-to-be-Crimson Giorgi Mamardashvili.
Reviewing the lists, we are able to confidently say that Alisson is a greater goalkeeper than most likely all these gamers.
Nevertheless, he missed lots of the final season via damage and didn’t win a serious trophy, one thing these awards are sometimes judged on.
In the course of the 2023/24 marketing campaign, Alisson wasn’t concerned in Liverpool’s League Cup triumph and missed 10 Premier League matches.
If he can assist lead Liverpool to Premier League or Champions League success this time round, although, he would certainly get himself again on the listing of nominees on the very least.
This 12 months’s Yashin Trophy winner shall be introduced on October 28, the identical night time because the Ballon d’Or presentation.
As we are able to’t have Alisson there, we’ll be hoping Mamardashvili wins!
