Oblak, the wall of Slovenia

Jan Oblak is in the world elite of goalkeepers. The Slovenian is considered one of the best goalkeepers today and shows with data that he deserves that consideration. Last week he could not join the rest of his teammates at the start of Atlético's preseason because He was called up by his team to play the first two days of the Nations League, in which Slovenia met Greece on the 3rd and Moldova on the 6th. In both games he kept his goalkeeper at zero, which allowed his national team to add four points (0-0 and 1-0).

If there's one thing Oblak specializes in, it's leaving his goal unbeaten. In fact, Atlético holds the record for the most clean sheets in the last three seasons of any team in the five major European leagues with 60, and in 59 of those games it was the Slovenian who was under the sticks. In addition, the rojiblanco goalkeeper has the best unbeaten goal ratio of the major European leagues among goalkeepers who have scored at least 100 in the 21st century. In 256 games played with the colchoneros he has not had to collect the ball from inside his goal in 139 of them, which means a ratio of 0.542. They are followed by Neuer with 0.470 and Buffon with 0.460.

In domestic competition it also has some very outstanding milestones. This year he reached 100 unbeaten goals and was the one that took the fewest matches to achieve it with 18243 less than Miguel Reina, who was the previous owner of the trademark. Also, In four of the six seasons he has been playing at Atlético he has won the Zamora Trophy, which recognizes the goalkeeper with the least defeat in LaLiga. Those four awards He achieved them consecutively between the 2015-16 and 2018-19 campaigns, being the only one together with Víctor Valdés to achieve it. Too holds the record for most clean sheets (24) in a league campaign in the 21st century (achieved in 2015-16). However, there is a brand that escapes him and that is more Zamora Trophies won, shared by Valdés and Ramallets himself, with five each. Therefore, this year he aspires to match them and become a LaLiga legend.

All this makes me a goalkeeper highly valued by the big European clubs. This same season has sounded like future for Manchester United goals several times and above all, Chelsea. Londoners have tried several times to seduce you in recent months to be the replacement for their starting goalkeeper, the Spanish Kepa. However, Atlético is inflexible and refuses to negotiate its sale, demanding the full amount of your buyout clause of 120 million so I can get out.

However, this information does not affect Oblak, that in some recent statements to his country's newspaper ‘Ekipa’ During the concentration with his national team, he stated that “rumors are part of my job, of my life. I play soccer with my heart and with great happiness. I live from day to day and you can't see the future. It is very difficult to know and it is very difficult to anticipate”. Yesterday he joined the concentration in Los Angeles de San Rafael and trained in the afternoon with the rest of his teammates. This course will once again be one of Simeone's great assets in trying to win all the titles at stake with Atlético.