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Why are top goalies treated differently in transfer market?

Feel free to get out your world's smallest violin because sympathy will be in short supply. But what this summer is showing us, again, is that being an elite goalkeeper doesn't mean you'll get much attention in the transfer market, at least compared to their peers in other areas of the pitch.

Exhibit A is Paris Saint-Germain's Gianluigi Donnarumma here, but there are evident parallels with Manchester City's Éderson and Milan's Mike Maignan. You may have your personal favourites, but all three are comfortably among the top 10 in the world at their positions -- including in this year's FC 100 -- and some would have them top five.