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Keylor Navas has not appeared in the Champions League for two years. November 24, 2021 was the last time the Costa Rican PSG goalkeeper went under the net in a Champions League match.It is a tournament with which he maintained a special relationship and won three times with Real Madrid.
On that day, Paris Saint-Germain lost 2-1 in their visit to Manchester City, and without knowing it, Keylor Navas had said goodbye, for now, to the competition that had elevated him as one of the world’s best-rated goalkeepers. Technical decisions or injuries have forced him to watch from the outside in a tournament in which he was once one of the main champions He played 63 matches. Among them are the three finals he won with Real Madrid and in which he started (2016, 2017 and 2018).
In his first two seasons at Paris Saint-Germain (2019-20 and 2020-21), Keylor was the French club’s goal scorer, but… The arrival of Gianluigi Donnarumma in the summer of 2021 severed the Costa Rican’s connection to the Champions League.. Although the two goalkeepers rotated in the French League, the leading role in the Champions League went to the Italian and Navas finished the season with just three appearances in the tournament, all in the group stage. After that aforementioned visit to Al-Ittihad Stadium, he disappeared.
Last season, the oblivion to which Christophe Galtier was subjected in Paris led to Keylor exploring new horizons in England. He left the winter market for Nottingham Forest, where he dusted off his best version to help the team stay in the Premier League. Before his departure, the Costa Rican had not played a single match in major European competition.
Returning to France, the physical problems and clear commitment on the part of Paris Saint-Germain and its coach Luis Enrique against Donnarumma keep Keylor unpublished this season, who was absent for more than a month due to a fracture in the lower back. The contract expires in June 2024But in the winter market a window will open for him to try to continue building his future away from the Parc des Princes. Looming on the horizon is the Copa America Championship, which will be held in the United States next summer, in which Costa Rica could participate if it wins the playoff against Honduras in March.
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