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@DougieCritchley on twitter
I'm not going to lie to you Sunderland fans, I don't watch the Eredivisie on a weekly basis and I've never seen Robin Roefs play
But here are some stats about our new signing £9m signing (potentially rising to £11.5m) that you might find useful:
24/25 was his first season as NEC no.1
His NEC side finished 8th, with the 7th best defensive record
His save % of 73% ranked 4th in the Eredivisie, and only 2 goalkeepers kept more than his 10 clean sheets
He "prevented" 9.7 XG... the best record in the Eredivisie. For context in Europe's Top 5 Leagues (which the Eredivisie is not included in), this would have been 6th out of 212 goalkeepers that featured last season
His real USP, appears to be his cross claiming.
He claimed 52 crosses last season, a figure topped by 4 goalkeepers in Europe's Top 5 Leagues (Joan Garcia, Zion Suzuki, Emi Martinez, David Raya).
He claimed 11.2% of crosses into his area. Only 6 goalkeepers could better than in Europe's Top 5 League
Having never seen him play, I'm reluctant to go too hot on this, but this seems, at least on paper, like another really astute pickup!