But where has Keylor Navas gone? Victim of a back injury since September, and relegated to number 3 behind the irremovable Gianluigi Donnarumma and the surprising Arnau Tenas, the Costa Rican goalkeeper has completely disappeared from the radar and no longer even appears in the team’s medical press releases. PSG for a month. Worse still, while his loan to Nottingham Forest had gone rather well, he has not played a single minute this season under the aegis of Luis Enrique (just 70 in pre-season).
A situation that the former Real Madrid goalkeeper is experiencing quite badly, as he explained in a live on his social networks, reported by the newspaper AS: “It’s difficult, I can’t complain because in as a footballer, I am privileged. But at the athlete level, it’s difficult, we try to do the best possible, to make the effort and to work. Not playing is frustrating for every player.”
“I am 100% recovering”
Keylor Navas then returned to his physical problems linked to a crack in his lumbar vertebrae, ensuring that his return to the field would be soon: “Thank God, I am recovering to be 100%. I had a good recovery, we put everything in the hands of God, we will fight, make the effort and try to win a place as always.” It remains to be seen whether the 37-year-old goalkeeper will play again in the PSG jersey or in another club.
At the end of his contract next June, he could be sold this winter to Saudi Arabia or the Premier League to find playing time, in order to be ready to compete in the Copa America play-off between Costa Rica and Honduras in next March. His last match in the colors of the capital club dates back to January 23, 2023 against the Pays de Cassel in the Coupe de France (0-7).
