ALEX McCarthy feels his best years are still ahead of him as a goalkeeper, admitting joining Saints has turned out to be “a very good move for me”.
Alex McCarthy said: “To be honest I didn’t realise I’d been there five years until someone said to me the other day. It’s been a very good move for me. I’m very settled there. There’s a great feeling around the place, great staff, great players. It’s a nice place to go and work every day. I’ve played a lot of games there now, I want to play a lot more games and keep developing my game as much as possible.”
Despite a number of younger goalkeepers breaking into Premier League sides in recent seasons, of the 20 regular starting top-flight stoppers, six are older than McCarthy in Lukasz Fabianski, Hugo Lloris, Kasper Schmeichel, Vicente Guaita, Ben Foster and Tim Krul. McCarthy turns 32 next month, but asked if he feels his best years are still ahead of him as a goalkeeper,
Alex McCarthy said: “Yeah, definitely. The positives are I’ve got a lot of experience now. I’m enjoying playing football. I’m 31, I’ve still got a lot of time ahead of me. I just want to keep improving and helping the team as much as possible.”
