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Barcelona star Ter Stegen hailed as 'clearly the best' goalkeeper in world football

Marc-Andre ter Stegen is the world's "most complete" goalkeeper, according to his former Barcelona understudy.

With Camp Nou opportunities at a premium, Jordi Masip left Barcelona in 2017 to find first-team football at Real Valladolid.

Masip has gone on to be a fixture in the Valladolid side while keeping tabs on Ter Stegen's continuing development at Barcelona, with the German firmly established as number one.

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This week, Masip reflected on whom he considers the world's best glovesmen, and the first to spring to mind was the man who kept him sidelined at Barcelona.