Why Neto Is the Keeper Juventus Should Use to Replace Gianluigi Buffon

The 2015/16 season has seen Juventus renew their squad and still win the Serie A title. The club added a fifth-consecutive Scudetto despite the departures of Andrea Pirlo, Arturo Vidal and Carlos Tevez.

Sami Khedira—like the first of that trio—has brought the experience and class expected of a World Cup winner, while Paul Pogba has stepped up to replace Vidal after his hasty decision to join Bayern Munich following Chile’s Copa America win.

Yet perhaps the most surprising player to emerge this season was Paulo Dybala, the Argentinian striker ensuring that even his compatriot Tevez was never truly missed in Turin. Elsewhere, the likes of Daniele Rugani and Mario Lemina have developed as viable alternatives for the veterans ahead of them in defence and midfield.

This evolution of the squad has been incredibly impressive, yet the one man who remains irreplaceable in coach Massimiliano Allegri’s starting XI is undoubtedly captain and goalkeeper Gigi Buffon.

930 – G. Buffon has not conceded goals for 930 minutes in the league, a new record in the Serie A history. Unique. pic.twitter.com/iHNGQoFo4I

— OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) March 20, 2016

Despite now being 38 years old, the Italy skipper has arguably enjoyed one of the best seasons of his long and storied career, setting a new Serie A record for minutes without conceding a goal—per the tweet above—and consecutive clean sheets (10).

Indeed, Buffon has recorded 26 shutouts in …

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