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Maarten Stekelenburg – AS Roma to Fulham – undisclosed

Dutch national keeper at Fulham, sounds familiar right? Stekelenburg was once Van Der Sar’s number 2 in the Dutch national team for a long team and then touted to be the one that will replace the legend at Old Trafford if they went for an experienced keeper. That move didn’t materialize and now he’ll be in action at Craven Cottage, courtesy Martin Jol.

Stekelenburg previously worked with the Fulham manager at Ajax and the familiarity was a major factor in Stekelenburg approving the move to Fulham. Jol described Stekelenburg as ‘player of great quality and technical ability whose distribution and ability to react quickly and read the game is exceptional’. It was always going to be a hard task to replace Mark Schwarzer, one of the most consistent Premier League keepers, and in the Dutch keeper Fulham have bought in someone who can do that seamlessly.