Some players feel a certain nostalgia when they have to leave their training club or the club that gave them everything and where they won everything. This is the case of Keylor Navas. Three times winner of the Champions League with Real Madrid, for a total of ten titles won with the Madrid, the Costa Rican told with great bitterness his departure from Real Madrid in 2019, during an interview with the El Larguero media.
After a five-year adventure at the Merengues, the goalkeeper had to leave the White House to get involved in Paris Saint-Germain… Contre Coeur. For good reason, Real Madrid had decided at the time to recruit the Belgian goalkeeper, Thibault Courtois, which had the effect of reducing his playing time. The best solution for him was then to leave the Spanish capital to join Paris Saint-Germain, where he was assured of being the number 1 goalkeeper.
“Obviously, these are decisions that you make not with your heart, but thinking about what will be best for your football. This moment when I had to leave Madrid, I left because I was not going to have the minutes to play. When you are a footballer, you want to play. Another team gave me another chance to play. But if I had made the decision with my heart, I would have stayed there all my life He said.
An interest from Barça for Keylor Navas?
Keylor Navas has still not ended his career. He has been playing for last January in Argentina with the Newell's Old Boys since last January. But the former Madrid could have signed at Barça after leaving Paris Saint-Germain in 2024.
Indeed, he indicates that the Catalan club had contacted its agent to speak of a possible signature: ” They called my agent, and football is still a job. I found great that the team, long rival, considers me an option. It is very pleasant, and this interest is a compliment. I always wanted to continue playing, take care of myself and be more professional every day. »»
However, Keylor Navas did not follow up on this interest by concluding that if it was an interest in Real Madrid he would swim: ” If it was Florentino who called me, I would swim. »»
