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Goalkeepers are determined by the number of clean sheets and saves they make per season. These are the top 5 goalkeepers keeping the most clean sheets in a season in the top 5 European leagues in football history.
1. Marc Andre Ter-Stegen - The German goalkeeper has kept 26 clean sheets in 37 La Liga matches that he has played in the 2022/2023 season. He kept a clean sheet in a 3-0 win over Mallorca in La Liga last weekend. He made 1 save in the match.
2. Francisco Liano - The Spanish goalkeeper kept 26 clean sheets in the 1993/94 La Liga season while playing for Deportivo La Coruña.
3. Petr Cech - Czech goalkeeper kept 24 clean sheets in the 2004/2005 Premier League season. He was playing at Chelsea at the time.
4. Jan Oblak - Atletico Madrid goalkeeper has kept 24 clean sheets in La Liga 2015/2016 this season. This earned him the Golden Glove.
5. Andoni Zubizarreta - Retired Spanish goalkeeper kept 24 clean sheets in the 1986/87 season while playing for Barcelona.
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Xavi has revealed he is in talks with Lionel Messi to return to Barcelona this summer.
Messi, 35, leaves Barcelona in 2021 to join PSG but after a series of disagreements with the hierarchy in Paris, he looks set to leave this summer.
The seven-time Ballon d'Or winner sees his contract at the Parc des Princes expire in a few weeks and an extension in the French capital looks unlikely - sparking excitement that Messi can fulfill his dream of returning to Barcelona.
"I told the president that Messi's return is justified," Xavi told Spain's Sport newspaper.
“There is no doubt that he is the perfect man for our system and our idea. I have a tactical plan with Leo in mind," Sport said.
"It's up to Leo to decide. I think he has to decide, it's up to him…I talked to Leo, yes.
Messi had earlier turned down French football's season-end player awards ceremony in favor of a Coldplay concert in Barcelona, ??which saw fans in attendance turn their attention to the superstar. the Argentinian and chanted his name.
Do you think Messi will return to Barcelona this summer? Let us know in the comments section. However, Messi was omitted for the Ligue 1 Player of the Year award when his PSG team-mate, Kylian Mbappe, won the award. However, Messi was named in the Team of the Year.
Messi's popularity has clearly not waned in Catalonia and a link with his former team-mate Xavi would be a dream for Barcelona and football fans everywhere.
Messi and Xavi are part of one of the greatest teams ever seen as the duo won the Champions League four times in nine years. Together, they have won 7 La Liga championships. Messi and Xavi have both added another championship title to their vast résumés after PSG and Barcelona both won their respective leagues last season.
But Messi's likely return to Camp Nou will only increase Barcelona's chances of defending the title against a Real Madrid that is certain to improve next season.
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