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Sunderland boss Martin O'Neill hails keeper Simon Mignolet's work ethic

Image: Simon Mignolet: Belgian keeper compared favourably to Peter Shilton and Pat Jennings

Martin O'Neill has likened Sunderland goalkeeper Simon Mignolet to two all-time great stoppers that he played alongside.

Mignolet's form is said to have drawn interest from Arsenal, but the player himself has shrugged off the speculation. "All those clubs who I am linked with, if I make a mistake on Saturday, will be un-linked straight away," Mignolet asserts. "It will be the exact opposite and that's why I don't really get fussed about it at all. "It goes in one ear and out of the other. That's what you are going to get as a footballer. Sometimes you are a hero and sometimes you are in the eye of a storm, so I know that things can change really quickly."

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