Manchester City keeper Claudio Bravo hailed as ‘best in the world’ by former City boss Manuel Pellegrini
MANUEL PELLEGRINI has made the staggering claim that Claudio Bravo is the best goalkeeper in the world.
The Manchester City stopper has looked all at sea on occasions this season and kept just three clean sheets since joining from Barcelona in a £17million deal.
Claudio Bravo has been hailed as the best keeper on the planetPA:Press Association
But fellow Chilean and former City boss Pel has hit out at the British media for criticising the 33-year-old.
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Pel left English football claiming that he wanted to do some travelling.
And his views on Bravo make you wonder whether he has been anywhere near a TV showing City’s games since he left City at the end of last season.
Pel said: “He is criticised a lot but Claudio Bravo is the best goalkeeper in the world.
“The English press are very hard on him, as they are with the entire world.
Manuel Pellegrini has made the bizarre claim about his former club’s stopperReutersBravo handles way outside his area against BarcelonaGetty ImagesBravo gets his marching orders in the Nou CampGetty Images
“And if Bravo has gone from Real Sociedad to Barcelona and Barcelona to Man City it is because he is the best goalkeeper in the world.”
Oddly, Pel appears to regard a move from Barca to City as a step up.
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