Simon Mignolet may yet be Liverpool saviour

Simon Mignolet’s career at Anfield has featured more ups and downs than Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport and yet he arrives in Swansea today re-established as Jurgen Klopp’s number one and with a growing perception the club’s goalkeeping difficulty may have been overstated.

The Belgian’s performance at Old Trafford last weekend, when his impressive display kept Manchester United at bay until the final moments of a 1-1 draw, has suddenly got people suggesting the ‘crisis’ has been solved from within.

Mignolet, who is 28 years old (which in goalkeeping terms means he is some years from reaching his peak), has been someone who divides opinion ever since he arrived at Anfield for €12m from Sunderland in 2013.