While he was the first choice for Real Madrid goalkeeper, it seemed quite clear that the club did not consider Keylor Navas ‘Galacticos’ material and not grand enough to be a member of Los Blancos, even though he did an incredible job and was among the most deserving to win three consecutive Champions League titles from 2016 until 2018. However, Real easily gave him up, first by buying Thibaut Courtois from Chelsea, then because of Alfonso Areola, who arrived from Paris, where Navas went practically as a cheap counterweight.Goalkeepers marry-go-round: Eibar – Sevilla – Olympiacos – Wolverhampton – RomaAt Parc de Princes, Navas became one of the club’s leading figures. And because of that, at the end of April, he was rewarded with a new contract until June 2024 – but then everything burst like a soap bubble. When it became clear that Gianluigi Donnarumma was becoming a free agent because he did not agree with Milan on a new contract, PSG focused all their efforts on bringing the Italian.They succeeded at that, and the reason why the transfer has not been officially announced yet is that Italy is playing in the finals of the European Championship, and the agreement is that the job will be announced only when the 22-year-old goalkeeper finishes his obligations to the national team.Claims that the French team wants Donnarumma infuriated Navas. The Costa Rican was so angry at the club management of the Saints that he even considered submitting a request for an urgent transfer. Now, if you are wondering why nothing happened, well – no one in Europe is ready to pay Navas what he earns at Parc de Princes. And that is almost 15.5 million USD gross.Era of Mourinho begins: Nine footballers who cost Roma over 40 million USD a year crossed outThat is why Navas is ready to stay and ‘fight’ with Donnarumma for the position of starting goalkeeper, just as he did while his rival at Real was Courtois, so this whole situation is very familiar to him. Navas was the starter for Julen Lopetegui immediately after the arrival of the Belgian goalkeeper, but he was soon replaced on the goal line, so the Costa Rican later played only in cup games until the end of the 2018/19 season, after which he left.In France, it seems that the intentions of Paris Saint-Germain with Donnarumma are not completely clear. Some even speculate about his loan to Roma, although it is much more realistic for Donnarumma to stay and become the new “number 1”. PSG has been struggling with goalkeepers for years, since they had similar situations with Sirigu and Trapp, then Trapp and Areola, followed by Areola and Buffon.
