A few hours before the closing of the transfer window, in a classic crossover, PSG official Monday, September 2, the recruitment for four years of goalkeeper Keylor Navas, from the Real Madrid club. Alphonse Areola, for his part, leaves the Paris club for the Spanish club, for a year without option to buy.
The arrival of Navas, 32 years, endorses a complete overhaul of this position within the Paris club, looking for a major goalkeeper since the purchase of the club by the Qataris in 2011.
The recruitment of the Costa Rican international adds to the arrival on loan Sunday, September 1 of the Spanish goalkeeper Sergio Rico, who should be a substitute goalkeeper.
In five years at Real (2014-2019), Keylor Navas entered the history of the Champions League by winning three times in a row between 2016 and 2018. But the Costa Rican paradoxically never unanimous in Madrid and was currently number 2 behind Thibaut Courtois. So this is another challenge that PSG is trying.
After the Italian Salvatore Sirigu, the German Kevin Trapp then the amazing alternation between the French Alphonse Areola and the prestigious Italian veteran Gianluigi Buffon last season, it will be Navas therefore to stabilize a sector often failing, and guide PSG to a better course in the Champions League.
With AFP