The sky has fallen on the head of Real Madrid. The club announced this Thursday the absence for long months of Thibaut Courtois. The Belgian broke “the anterior cruciate ligament of the left knee” and will have to have surgery. This is terrible news as the goalkeeper has participated in the many recent successes of the Casa Blanca, starting with the Champions League 2022. In their misfortune, the people of Madrid have at least the chance to be able to recruit since the transfer window is still far from close its doors.
Andriy Lunin will probably start for the resumption of Merengues in La Liga in two days, and the trip to the lawn of Athletic. But the Ukrainian did not really convince last year during his 12 matches in all competitions. And then if he were to injure himself in turn, Real would no longer have any safe bet in the position. There is no choice, we will have to recruit and quickly. No doubt the management have even already drawn up a list of potential goalkeepers to back up Courtois.
Navas and De Gea, the more obvious tracks
There is no shortage of names on the market today. Former of the club with which he still won the C1 three times, Keylor Navas is on the transfer list to PSG, where he has only one year of contract left. The Costa Rican had just left Real in 2019 to make way for the Belgian. Despite his 36 years, he would come back a little in the shoes of the unexpected savior. Another size option: David De Gea. Regularly announced to Real where he should have even signed in 2015 without a fax sent too late, the Spaniard has the advantage of being free.
Manchester United did not wish to extend it, tired of its irregularities, even though the international (45 caps but no longer called up since 2021) has also experienced good times. Another obvious solution comes from Chelsea. The Blues have wanted to see Kepa Arrizabalaga leave for many months. In distress after his arrival in London, the Basque managed to regain his place but the arrival of Robert Sanchez bars him again. He is also followed by Bayern Munich.
Arrizabalaga and Lloris are invited to leave
Always in the department of inexpensive business, there is Hugo Lloris. The former captain of Tottenham was dismissed in the middle of the summer to allow him to find a new challenge more easily. Like Keylor Navas, the world champion is no longer very young (36 years old) but he has the advantage of being a great professional and of counting on a very large experience of major events. We also do not forget the presence of David Soria, whose name has already been whispered in Madrid in recent weeks.
Luis also has the advantage of being free since leaving Getafe at the end of last season. Finally, there are other tracks but this one is more expensive. First there is Yacine Bounou, who has been placed on the transfer market by a needy Sevilla FC. The Andalusians are demanding €20m for the Moroccan international. Younger (22 years old), Giorgi Mamardashvili is also on the transfer list, for which Valencia demands 15 M€ to let him go. Dinamo Zagreb could also sell Dominik Livaković for €12m, but he has never left Croatia.
