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The FIFA season has started and this is the time for you to boost your team. It doesn’t matter if you are playing career mode or FUT 16, your team needs a good goalkeeper.
We have made it easy for you as we have here a list of the top 10 goalkeepers in FIFA 16.
1. Manuel Neuer
Overall Rating: 90
Best attribute: 92 rating in Kicking
The World Cup winner and Ballon d’Or nominee is definitely the best keeper in FIFA 16. Neuer has pulled up some insane saves this year which has resulted in his rating boost to 90 from 88.
2. David De Gea
Overall Rating: 86
Best attribute: 89 rating in Reflexes
De Gea has been Manchester United’s best player this season, so no wonder Real Madrid desperately want him. We have seen his rating boost from 83 to 86 as he holds insane stats for reflexes and kicking.
3. Thibaut Courtois
Overall Rating: 86
Best attribute: 90 rating in Reflexes
The Chelsea custodian is definitely one of the best in England. Courtois can develop into the world’s best if he continues to perform this well again next season. He is probably going to be the most bought player in the FUT 16.
4. Claudio Bravo
Overall Rating: 85
Best attribute: 88 in Reflexes
Bravo won the treble with Barcelona and Copa America with Chile making him the most successful goalkeeper this year. All this success has helped his FIFA 16 stats as he is boosted to 85 from 81.
5. Gianluigi Buffon
Overall Rating: 85
Best attribute: 88 rating in Diving
The Juventus legend is certainly ageing, but that does not stop him from being at his absolute best. He is definitely going to be popular among Italian FIFA players.
6. Hugo Lloris
Overall Rating: 84
Best attribute: 87 rating in Positioning
Hugo Lloris is one of the most consistent goalkeepers playing in the Premier League. The French goalstopper has the same rating he had in the previous version of the game.
7. Joe Hart
Overall Rating: 84
Best attribute: 84 rating in Kicking
Manchester City and England goalkeeper Joe Hart had a pretty successful season despite his team’s underwhelming performances. He made some game changing saves, which helped secure a Champions League spot for his club. He is already popular among English gamers.
8. Petr Cech
Overall Rating: 84
Best attribute: 83 in Reflexes and Handling
The former Chelsea man still has a lot of top class goalkeeping left in him. And, this is the reason why Arsenal signed Cech. He is going to be famous with fans of both London clubs in FIFA 16 (more likely among Arsenal supporters) as he remains one of the best goalkeepers in England.
9. Diego Lopez
Overall Rating: 83
Best attribute: 88 rating in Handling
The AC Milan goalkeeper has been very profound for his club this season. He has been able to save plenty, including in one on one situations, which is why his stats in FIFA 16 have been boosted.
10. Roman Weidenfeller
Overall Rating: 83
Best attribute: 85 rating in Positioning
Weidenfeller has been one of the most consistent goalkeepers for Dortmund. With game saving reflexes, which was vital for his club in the latter phase of the season, the Germany international definitely makes it into our top 10 list.
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At 14, Tobias Svendsen had to get permission by the Norwegian FA to appear in a third tier game for Molde’s reserve team. Just a year later, he got his debut for the reigning champions in the cup.
The now 15-year-old midfielder is living in the shadow of his 17-year-old brother Sander Svendsen who has established himself in the first team, but Tobias is following not far behind.
QUICK FACTS:
Name: Tobias Svendsen
Date of birth: 31.08.2021 – Age: 15
Position: Midfielder
Club: Molde FK
Key strengths
His low centre of gravity, exquisite first touch, great understanding of the game and quick feet perfectly fits the bill for a modern central midfielder. He is very capable in small spaces, extremely difficult to get the ball off and is considered to be an aggressive midfielder with decent tackling abilities in defensive positions.
Molde manager Tor Ole Skullerud has on multiple occasions praised Tobias but he is keen to point out that they will not rush his development, especially as he is so young and has more physical growth to do.
“He has all the attributes to become a first team regular here at Molde. He is far ahead of his age in every way. It is still impossible to predict how far he will reach. Tobias has great potential but first he must get peace and quiet to develop,” Skullerud said to Norwegian press.
Stats
After Svendsen appeared in the 4-2 win against Rosenborg 2 at the third tier of Norwegian football over a year ago, he got a few appearances during the first team’s pre-season last winter. Then back in April 2015 he was handed his debut for the first team in the first round of the cup, a match Molde in the end won 2-0.
Considered an exceptional talent Svendsen was scouted at the age of 11 by Ajax. In fact, it was the younger of the Svendsen brothers that got the pair on the Dutch club’s radar when he was just 11, which two years later lead to his first of many trips to Amsterdam to train with the club.
For the time being Tobias is only thinking about becoming a better footballer, despite interest from Ajax. Claiming he is ‘too young’ to go professional abroad, Tobias told Norwegian press that it would be difficult to turn down an offer from Ajax ‘in a couple of years’.
“I have been abroad and seen how professional everything is, so yes, it is really tempting. I am too young to do that now, but of course it is a dream. If I receive an offer when I am 17 I would probably accept,” he said.
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Name: Kerem Bulut
Position: Striker
Age: 23
Country: Australia
Club: Iraklis
A prodigious striker with a fiery temperament and a reputation for embroiling himself in controversy, Kerem Bulut is one of Australia’s most exciting and fascinating young footballers.
Bulut first made a name for himself at the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship in China, where the seven goals he scored in the tournament earned him the golden boot and carried Australia into the final.
At club level, Bulut has struggled to settle during the formative years of his career. A three-year spell at Mlada Boleslav saw the former Sydney FC youth player fail to find goal-scoring form, with reports suggesting a breakdown in communication with the Czech side.
A subsequent move to Akhisar Belediyespor in Turkey – the country of his ancestry – was short-lived, before the Western Sydney Wanderers offered a return to Australian football in January of this year.
The move visibly rejuvenated Bulut, who rediscovered his touch in front of goal, scoring five goals in nine appearances for the club. A series of talismanic displays endeared him to a famously passionate fan-base, though it is typical of his unusual career that he joined Greek Super League outfit Iraklis only a few days ago.
Bulut’s direct style of running is his most potent weapon: he is unafraid to drive at the penalty area, usually playing off the last man and possessing the crucial ability to anticipate the ball.
Physically imposing and unafraid to involve himself in personal duels on the pitch, Bulut has also been involved in some off-field controversy, most notably when he was arrested and charged in 2010 with gang-related activities.
Indeed, there were reports that his move to Iraklis was about to break down due to the Greek club being uncertain about his character and fitness, before the transfer was officially confirmed.
Despite his polarizing persona, Bulut remains an immensely talented, enigmatic footballer who has shown he can flourish when given the right environment and support. A successful debut season in Greece will certainly see more reputable European sides taking notice.
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Perhaps it was the speed of it that surprised. Even when Pep Guardiola had informed Bastian Schweinsteiger that a path out of Bayern Munich was free if he chose to take it, not many would have expected the midfielder to leave the club he has served for 17 years. But virtually out of nowhere arrived the news that Manchester United were closing on a deal to take the 30 year old to Old Trafford in what is one of this summer’s more captivating transfers.
Though Schweinsteiger will receive a significant increase in salary, signing a three-year deal worth £140,000 per week, a fee of £15 million for a player who still remains in the elite bracket is excellent business. Though Guardiola’s desire to freshen his team with his Barcelona prodigy Thiago Alcantara has accelerated Schweinsteiger’s exit, United are still getting a significant member of Germany’s World Cup winning squad of last year as well as a pivotal figure in Bayern’s last three consecutive Bundesliga triumphs.
Schweinsteiger brings with him a wealth of experience and perhaps more importantly for a team who are aiming to restore themselves as title challengers, a winning mentality as a veteran of eight Bundesliga titles, seven German Cups and one Champions League across the 536 appearances for his country’s most successful club.
He is Germany’s current captain and tasked with leading the World Champions into next year’s European Championships in France, manager Joachim Low has said how he feels the move will benefit the player.
“I know that he still has big ambitions and goals. He will face the new challenge in England as we all know, with dedication and highly-motivated” said Low, “I expect them [United] to also provide him with a further boost and incentive in terms of the European Championship in France, in which we [Germany] will rely on him and he will lead the national team.”
The number of the midfielder’s appearances and the influence he carries has gradually declined since Guardiola took over from Jupp Heynckes and introduced a more measured approach to the spine of his side, dabbling with both Phillip Lahm and David Alaba as holding-midfielders before Xabi Alonso was signed and Sebastian Rode emerged, pushing Schweinsteiger to a peripheral role.
He would start just 21 times in all competitions last year, exactly half the number he managed in 2012/13 when he was named German footballer of the year as Bayern secured a glorious treble in Heynckes’s last year at the helm.
German football magazine Kicker named him in a continent best XI that season while UEFA ranked him at seventh in their Best Player in Europe award. It is that footballer that Manchester United and Louis Van Gaal are now hoping they have got their hands on, the swashbuckling force who provided Bayern’s centre-midfield drive alongside the more reserved Javi Martinez.
Van Gaal of course knows Schweinsteiger well having coached him for two years between 2009 and 2011 and is likely, having first-hand experience of the German’s vast pedigree, to see no issue with expecting the 30 year old to assume most of United’s midfield responsibilities.
Van Gaal is also still in pursuit of Southampton’s Morgan Schneiderlin who, as the Premier League’s second best tackler last term, would add a large amount of bite in what would be a fearsome engine room when partnered alongside Schweinsteiger and Ander Herrera.
The two possible new arrivals would indicate a permanent shift to a 4-3-3 which makes sense when taking into account the signing of Memphis Depay and Van Gaal’s desperation to find a spot in which Angel Di Maria can settle having watched the Argentine struggle in his first season after making the £64 million switch from Real Madrid.
Furthermore it would also hand Van Gaal with more viable alternatives to Michael Carrick, with whom Manchester United’s best form last season came with him in the side, and the balance he offered that the Dutchman found hard to replace during the 33 year old’s time out with injury.
Of course there has to be some trepidation over the signing of a player who is now advancing into his 30’s, isn’t accustomed to a winter break and has suffered a series of recent knee and ankle problems, but Van Gaal has once again delivered in the aim of delivering world class talent and sparking the excitement in his supporters that accompanies such ambition.
Though he will be hoping that Bayern’s decision to relinquish the player amiably and without too much restraint isn’t a foreboding to another high-profile flop in the mould of Radamel Falcao or even Di Maria.
Despite the collective despair from Bayern fans over the fact they have lost one of their most loyal players, Guardiola shouldn’t have too much trouble in the post-Schweinsteiger transition given he set in motion his gradual phasing out last season. Van Gaal shouldn’t have too much trouble fitting him in either, provided the German stays free of the injuries that have dogged him since 2011.
“Bastian wanted to do something new at the end of his career” said Bayern’s chief executive Karl Heinz Rummenigge on Saturday. With Depay already secured, Matteo Darmain on his way to add defensive steel to the right-back position and possibly Schneiderlin and Valencia’s Nicolas Otamendi to follow, that “something new” is likely to be very successful if the right blend is found.
With their first ever German player in tow as a result of their standing as off-field behemoths, Manchester United are ready to be powerhouses on the field once again.
Written by Adam Gray
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