Premier League His basic premise is unchanged. Despite a year and a half the bench warm at Liverpool find Simon Mignolet (31) it is still too early to be in a role as ‘second best keeper in the Premier League to put down. In an ideal scenario, he will, for the right conditions, elsewhere under the crossbar.

The number of official matches in the last 365 days, he can nicely count on one hand: a League Cupwedstrijd with Liverpool against Chelsea in september, a friendly against the Netherlands in October and an FA Cupwedstrijd against Wolves in early January. The remaining 51 matches were all in the same pattern. Warm-up, the first goalkeeper to prepare, the team mates finished during their warm-up and then 90 minutes of gum chewing on the second row of the bank, behind the trainersstaf. A place that he gradually tired of sitting. After a year and a half as the second choice at Liverpool hope he will be, in the best case, say goodbye to with a Premier Leaguetitel and the Champions League. Just as well it is a adieu with empty hands.