Giorgi Mamardashvili

Mamardashvili uses his considerable frame to dominate his own penalty area, punching or catching a cross that a smaller goalkeeper might have to parry back into danger. He reads a through ball early and comes off his line without hesitation, comfortable clearing the danger outside his box rather than waiting for a defender. That aggression suits a team that defends with a high line and expects its goalkeeper to sweep behind it.

Mamardashvili led Georgia to their first appearance at a major tournament, an achievement that speaks to how central he has become to his national team's identity. Liverpool now have to manage two excellent goalkeepers within the same squad, a genuinely difficult problem most clubs would happily accept given the alternative. Watch how the two share the workload across different competitions, because that rotation will decide how his early years unfold.