Jordan Pickford
Written by Will Unwin, Simon Burnton and Michael Butler for The Guardian:
It may have been a difficult season for Everton but only Arsenal’s David Raya kept more Premier League clean sheets than Jordan Pickford - not bad given it took until October for him to claim his first. Not that he was worried about those early-season wobbles, and in mid-September, with Everton 18th in the nascent league table, he declared: “I feel like I’m in the best form of my life.” Asked by the Everton matchday programme in April what one rule change he would suggest to improve the game, he said: “Scrap fouls and let’s get on with it.” Pickford’s luggage for the World Cup in Qatar two years ago included a large monitor and powerful desktop computer, packed in a bespoke monogrammed case, on which he played Fortnite. “Just trying to get the best frames and that,” he explained.
