PSG: could the strongest case for Safonov be hidden in this criticism? | OneFootball

In the After Foot on RMC Sport, Emmanuel Petit expressed his reservations about Matvey Safonov, the 27-year-old goalkeeper for Paris Saint-Germain. Doubts can be understood at this level of expectation, but the comparison made with Gianluigi Donnarumma is intriguing, as it also seems to support the opposite idea.

Petit "A goalkeeper who still shows signs of concern"

Safonov "There has always been a great goalkeeper in the goal"

The most surprising thing about Emmanuel Petit's statement is not that he demands more guarantees in the Parisian goal. This is almost commonplace when talking about the Champions League. What is more surprising is the example chosen to support his doubt. By recalling that Donnarumma was initially criticized before eventually becoming a key player in PSG's European season, the former French international highlights a path that Safonov could also hope to follow.

The detail is even striking: both goalkeepers were born on the same day, February 25, 1999. Nothing says that the Russian will replicate this scenario, and Paris does not yet have all the possible certainties in this position. But using Donnarumma to close the debate is almost a reminder that a criticized goalkeeper can still change the entire story.

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