5 players who are lucky to be at Paris Saint-Germain

#2 Kevin Trapp

Kevin Trapp has been playing second fiddle to Areola

Goalkeeper has been a problem position for some time now at PSG – and to some extent, it continues to be, with Alphonse Areola not entirely convincing having been handed the gloves in the summer.

The man he claimed them from, however, deserved to find himself on the bench after a difficult couple of years in Paris.

Certainly, there has been an improvement from the shot-stopper who arrived from Eintracht Frankfurt to replace the solid but unspectacular Salvatore Sirigu, though he looked every inch a player signed from the bargain basement. It is rare for PSG to move for a player for as little as €10 million, yet that was exactly how much Trapp cost them in 2015.

His early career in Paris was riddled by mistakes. After four successive cleansheets to begin with, his confidence was rocked by a 2-2 home draw against Bordeaux, in which he conceded twice cheaply, with the late equaliser a moment he must still be having nightmares over.

During that first season, he was PSG’s undisputed No.1 without ever being properly challenged. When Areola returned to provide competition, he soon lost his place, and though he played again briefly at the end of last term, he remains very much second choice this season.

It is inevitable that PSG will need to strengthen this area at some point and Trapp is the likely victim.