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title: "Profit Players: Ederson has left Claudio Bravo trailing in his wake ever since joining Manchester City"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Liam Togher"
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published: "2020-06-14T18:00:11Z"
modified: "2020-06-16T09:42:53Z"
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# Profit Players: Ederson has left Claudio Bravo trailing in his wake ever since joining Manchester City

**This article forms part of our Profit Players feature series, which is where Football Transfer Tavern takes a look at how well a player has fared since being signed or sold, using statistical figures and statements from pundits to prove how good of a deal the club managed to achieve.**

Joe Hart was [quickly jettisoned by Pep Guardiola](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37130356) in favour of [Claudio Bravo](https://web.archive.org/web/20160825142732/http://www.mancity.com/news/first-team/2016/08/25/claudio-bravo-signs-for-city/1472119073317) when the Spaniard took the reins at Manchester City four years ago but their title hopes in that 2016/17 season, when they were well fancied in the [football betting](https://mybettingsites.co.uk/football-betting-sites/) markets, were undermined by some poor performances from the Chilean. An [alarming debut display against Manchester United](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/09/10/claudio-bravo-brutalised-by-gary-lineker-after-nightmare-debut-i/) and the [Premier League’s second lowest save percentage](https://www.theguardian.com/football/who-scored-blog/2017/jan/17/claudio-bravo-worst-goalkeeper-premier-league-manchester-city) that term hammered home to Guardiola that an upgrade was needed.

Enter another South American ‘keeper in Brazil international Ederson, a [£34.7m signing from Benfica](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11679/10908248/manchester-city-sign-goalkeeper-ederson-from-benfica) who came to the Etihad Stadium three years ago this week. At the time he was the [world’s most expensive goalkeeper in sterling](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40080163), so the microscope would be firmly on him to see if he would be an improvement on Bravo.

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It soon became clear that Guardiola had righted his wrong from the previous summer. [Ederson](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ederson/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/238223) and [Bravo](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/claudio-bravo/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/40423) both conceded 26 goals in their respective first seasons in the Premier League, but the Brazilian played 15 more games than his team-mate. Manchester City not only had by far the league’s best attack statistically as they racked up 100 points in winning the title; they also had its best defensive record (as per [TransferMarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/premier-league/tabelle/wettbewerb/GB1/saison_id/2017)) with Ederson between the sticks for [all but two of those games](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ederson/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/238223/plus/0/saison/2017/wettbewerb/GB1/verein/281).

After managing 17 clean sheets in the Premier League that season, he upped that figure to 20 the following term, as well as conceding three fewer goals (as per [TransferMarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ederson/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/238223)). Another 10 shutouts have followed in the current league campaign so far, the [joint-second highest number in the division](https://www.premierleague.com/stats/top/players/clean_sheet).

Bravo was signed by Guardiola for Manchester City with a reputation for being [astute with the ball at his feet](https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37610692), yet his passing success rate of [72.6%](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/14199/History/Claudio-Bravo) in his first season at the club was notably inferior to Ederson’s [85.3%](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/121774/History/Ederson) in his debut campaign in England. Furthermore, the Brazilian even has [two assists](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/121774/History/Ederson) to his name at the Etihad, his goal kick towards Sergio Aguero [immediately preceding a goal for the striker](https://www.squawka.com/en/news/ederson-makes-man-city-history-with-assist-against-huddersfield/1054269) against Huddersfield in August 2018 before [repeating the trick to set up Raheem Sterling](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/ederson-man-city-most-assists-15864191) in a Champions League win at Schalke 04 six months later.

Ederson has played [131 times](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ederson/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/238223/verein/281) so far for the club, conceding 101 goals (0.77 per game) and recording 62 clean sheets (47.3% of games). In Bravo’s [60 Manchester City appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/claudio-bravo/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/40423/verein/281), he has shipped 60 goals and managed only 19 shutouts (31.67% of games).

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It hardly seems coincidental that Guardiola went from winning [no silverware in his first year at the club](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/pep-guardiola/erfolge/trainer/5672) when Bravo was their main goalkeeper to lifting [eight trophies in the subsequent three seasons](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/pep-guardiola/erfolge/trainer/5672) with Ederson between the sticks [for the majority of those games](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ederson/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/238223).

Three years into his Manchester City career, the 26-year-old has essentially cost £11.57m per season. Considering the enormous improvement he has brought compared to Bravo, that fee represents chickenfeed in terms of what has been gained versus what was spent.

***Man City fans, was the signing of Ederson key to winning the last two Premier League titles? Comment below with your views!***