10 Best Goalkeepers Under 25 In The World Right Now

7. Timo Horn (Köln) 

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Germany have emerged as one of world football's leading producers of goalkeepers over recent years, currently calling upon the number one picks at Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Liverpool and, until just recently, Paris Saint-Germain too.

Small wonder, then, that Köln stopper Timo Horn is yet to win his first international cap, despite amassing more than 100 appearances in the Bundesliga already and representing the country at every youth level, as well as the 2016 Olympic Games.

Horn's strengths are his terrific reflexes and the ability to get off his line quickly to smother oncoming attacks. Like many young 'keepers, he has come under criticism for failing to catch crosses, but that's nothing that can't be corrected with time (see: David De Gea in 2011-12).

All said, it's likely that he'll be on the shopping lists of one or two European giants in the not-too-distant future. He might even one day rock up at Bayern Munich as the eventual heir to Manuel Neuer.

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