Like, is post-shot xG enough?
Since it was introduced in 2017-18 season, would it be enough to rank all PL goalkeepers since 2017? Or what?
Since clean-sheets and save percentages equally depend on the overall defensive performance of the team
And like, how do “big” teams pick which goalkeeper to buy?
This season, Luton Town’s Thomas Kaminski is the one who prevented most goals, does it mean he should be signed by big teams like Bayern or PSG? Assuming he did kept doing so for 2 more seasons or something
Since last season Vicario was the goalkeeper who prevented most goals with Empoli in Serie A (While being young, and played most of the games)

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    I used to work along scouts in the recruitment team of a major Premier League years ago, and their goalkeeping scouting was super detailed. They definitely didn’t pay attention to shots faced/saved like the general public looks at because all that told you was identifying the busiest keepers who more often than not played for the worse teans, but instead scouted the ‘quality’ of those saves. For example they had metrics on how many of those shots are held from distance, hold percentage under pressure, and on shots that are parried, those are graded by ‘where’ those shots are pushed out to based on threat level to a follow up being scored or even a corner conceded (i.e. Keepers who pushed the ball wider instead of in front of them were considered better). They had heat maps on starting positions for a range of situations and success scores on aerial duals and claims. These days you’ll also have deeper knowledge of ball playing abilities and styles too. The resources at the top of the game are genuinely insane when applied.