In 2008, Cassie was ranked fourth in the Ballon d'Or and as a goalkeeper he is definitely at the top of the world in this position. Cassie made more than 1,000 appearances for the club during his career, kept the most clean sheets in Champions League history, won one World Cup and two European Championships for the national team, and won the Golden Glove at the 2010 World Cup. Looking at the current Spanish goalkeeper line of David De Gea and Simon, the gap is more than one Neuer compared to San Cassie...
De Gea, Spain's main goalkeeper in the first two World Cups, has proven unable to take his team to the next level, lacking either Cassi's reflexes or leadership at the back, and he has shown poor ball quality at Manchester United. The World Cup squad has not yet been announced, but Spain's three goalkeepers are expected to be Simon for Bilbao, Raya for Brentford and Robert Sanchez for Brighton.
Spain's most likely goalkeeper to start in the World Cup is Unai Simon, who plays for Athletic Bilbao, but his shocking mistakes in the European Championship have also left Spanish fans with fear. Simon has made 14 league starts for Athletic Bilbao this season, conceding just one goal per game, helping the team to a fourth-place finish, which is arguably excellent. Outrageous mistakes aside, Simon has also kept 12 clean sheets in 27 appearances for the national team, and his overall saving level is not bad, as a goalkeeper, a mistake is often recorded for a long time, and the magic saves are quickly forgotten, which is really embarrassing.
The 27-year-old Spanish duo David Raya has firmly held the starting position at Brentford, the bee of the Premier League, this season, and he is also the first in the Premier League save table. At 183cm tall, he is hailed by the media as Cassie's successor, but according to his resume, there is still a long way to go to catch up with Cassie. Raya has been decent at the club, keeping 137 clean sheets and 46 games for Brentford since the 2019 season, a team with a less reliable backline. In his national team resume, Raya has also made one appearance for Spain, conceding a goal and performing well.
Robert Sanchez in the three-goal position, who has been Brighton's main goalkeeper this season, is very humble as a player from the lower leagues, and does not have much emotional catharsis on the field, which is often considered a sign of weakness, and in this respect he is much inferior to San Casey. At the same time, Sanchez's ability to play the ball is not particularly good, in modern football, the goalkeeper as the leader of the backline, the responsibility of mastering the general direction of the ball in the attack is very important, which is also an important reason hindering the development of Robert Sanchez, but he is only 24 years old, there is still a lot of room for improvement in the goalkeeper position.
Cassie played for Real Madrid in the Champions League at the age of 19 years and 4 days, becoming the youngest goalkeeper in Champions League history, and he firmly held the main goalkeeper position of Real Madrid and Spain for almost a decade, resulting in no successor. At present, it seems that the only three goalkeepers who can succeed Casey are the World Cup, at most plus Kepa, who has warmed up slightly at Chelsea this season, but Kepa is 28 years old, and with his experience against coaches, the Spanish national team may not use him.
Having said this, the fat boy can't help sighing, how good it would be if San Cassie could come back at present, this World Cup Spain has a dim star taste, and it needs a leader of the back line to guide the team, but unfortunately Cassie has just signed a contract with the well-known international sports brand FUN Sports, and there must be no time for him, otherwise it is not impossible to discuss the comeback!