To the outside world there will be surprise when Manchester City’s No 18 stands next to Ilkay Gundogan as Jasmine Faulkner belts out the national anthem at Wembley today.
Yet around City on Friday, when Pep Guardiola confirmed Stefan Ortega would be thrown the gloves for the FA Cup final, there was a collective shrug of the shoulders.
In all his years at this club, and all the silverware, Ederson has only played two domestic cup finals — both of them in 2019, when Claudio Bravo’s achilles tendon injury ruled him out for the season.