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Sky Sports Fantasy Football: Premier League's value goalkeepers

Value for money Fantasy Football goalkeepers
Image: Jordan Pickford, Loris Kraus and Fraser Forster could be great value Fantasy Football options

Our Sky Sports Fantasy Football scout looks at four Premier League goalkeepers worth considering for your team.

Arsenal's Petr Cech (£7.5m) was last season's top scoring stopper with 148 points but is rated among the most expensive this season.

Machester United's David de Gea is top priced at £8m, but last season also showed us that there is value to be found between the sticks, with Watford's Heurelho Gomes (£6.1m) the second-highest scorer with 134 points thanks to 11 clean sheets and a league high of 122 saves.

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Here's a look at four stoppers capable of repeating the Brazilians valuation-defying heroics…

Fraser Forster - £6.8m

Fraser Forster in action for Southampton against Chelsea
Image: Fraser Forster kept six successive clean sheets after returning from injury

Just six Premier League goalkeepers conceded less than a goal-per-game last season: Cech, Kasper Schmeichel, De Gea, Hugo Lloris, Sergio Romero (who only played four times) and Southampton's Forster. The commanding 28-year-old recorded a modest 60 points after missing half of the season due to a knee injury, but if you double his stats from the 18 starts managed then he would have actually been the fourth highest scorer in the league, beating Lloris' tally of 113.

Hitting the prime of his career and with a full pre-season under his belt, Forster should be expected to do even better next season in front of a settled defence of Ryan Bertrand, Virgil van Dijk and two Euro 2016 winners in Jose Fonte and Cedric Soares.

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Jack Butland (£6.4m)

England's goalkeeper Jack Butland
Image: Jack Butland was stretchered off in England's friendly against Germany

Butland was last season's emerging young goalkeeper, stepping up to produce the third most saves and keeping 10 clean sheets for Stoke. That saw him rack up 106 points, just 16 less than De Gea, meaning at £1.6m cheaper than the Spaniard, he's still good value for money.

The 23-year-old will be desperate to bounce back from the disappointment of missing the Euros, with Joe Hart's No 1 spot looking more vulnerable than ever following a disappointing showing in France.

Jordan Pickford (£4.8m)

Sunderland keeper Jordan Pickford after signing a contract keeping him at at the club until 2020, pictured at The Academy of Light
Image: Jordan Pickford has committed his future to Sunderland

Finding a young star, ready to step up is one of the great intrigues of management and the rewards are just as great for Sky Sports Fantasy Football bosses, but who can follow in Butland's footsteps? Sunderland fans will be hoping that Pickford will one day be challenging for the England No 1 spot, but for now his sights are set on Victor Mannone.

The 22-year-old's stats from last season are impressive to say the least, keeping 13 clean sheets from 24 appearances while on loan at Preston. To put that into perspective, he boasted a clean sheet percentage of 54.2%, the highest of any goalkeeper to have played 10 times or more in England's top-four tiers, despite playing for a mid-table club.

Loris Karius (£6.6m)

Loris Karius, new Liverpool goalkeeper, Melwood
Image: Loris Karius was handed the No 1 shirt at Anfield

Karius' chances of being Liverpool's first-choice goalkeeper were hardly played down when he was handed the No 1 shirt upon his arrival. Jurgen Klopp will be more than aware that conceding 50 goals last season undermined his side's ambitions and Simon Mignolet (£6.9m) will be feeling the pressure more than ever.

His rival, in contrast, enjoyed a campaign of over-achievement at Mainz, with only three other teams conceding less goals as they secured a sixth-place Bundesliga finish. At 23-years-old, it looks a matter of time before he is afforded the status to suit his shirt number.

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