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Valencia sign Aussie international keeper Matthew Ryan
Madrid: Spanish La Liga outfit Valencia have completed the signing of Australian international goalkeeper Matthew Ryan on a six-year contract.
The 23-year-old, who has 18 caps for his country and formed part of the squad for the 2014 World Cup finals, joins from Belgian side Club Bruges after being named as the best goalkeeper in the Belgian football league for the past two seasons, reported a news agency.
Ryan will help cover for Brazilian goalkeeper, Diego Alves, who will be out of action for several months after severing his cruciate knee ligament in the last game of last season.
“I’m very happy and excited to be joining as big a club as Valencia CF,” said Ryan on the Valencia website on Tuesday.
“I know that the club is very important institution in the world of football and that this move is a big step in my professional career.
“They are a side with fantastic players, who had a great campaign and took fourth place in the league. Our main objective now is to qualify for the Champions League.”
Valencia chairwoman Lay Hoon Chan said that although Ryan was young he was “ambitious and has a huge potential”.
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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