I can guarantee you that Courtois at 31 will still be considered young by most here - some already say we already have a keeper for the next 10 yrs and Courtois is not 21 but 26 . He’ll be way past Navas age in 10 yrs. . Is a double standard and a lack of respect to Navas probably because of his nationality . Casillas was clearly declining, Navas hasn’t yet. Three years ago Navas was only 28 and the team was also trying to replace him with DeGea. Age is not the issue. Lack of respect because everything that he has been able to accomplish with the club with is being overlooked and underappreaciated to simply conclude that another keeper will be able to give us more .
Give me a break, it is nothing to do with Belgium vs. Costa Rica, it's to do with Courtois being a different type of keeper, less reliant on reflexes at ~14cm taller. De Gea is another issue, nationality did probably play a role there. No secret that we prefer Spanish players.
When Casillas was 33 he was already finished and dragging the club down. He's not only Spanish, he's a legend. Many wanted him to leave. Including me. Navas will be 32 this year.. so why can't Navas adapt to a sub role? It would elongate his stay at the club he loves as well.
This Keylor the super CL keeper needs to stop! I like him too, but seriously. And that was just last season in the knockouts.
Except no one said that Courtois is perfect. The videos were only brought up because someone decided to say well Courtois let in this many goals in the CL here and made this many mistakes there. I know this is going to drag on until one of them leaves the club and I doubt this helps, but how about we just enjoy having two world class keepers instead of trying to start controversy and drag someone down.
You just know it that every time Tibo concedes a goal the production is going to show us a zoomed in Navas on the bench.
Aren't we all overrating Navas a bit because of his very likeable personality? I mean , sure he is a great keeper but Courtois is way better imo. And I'm not saying that because I am a Belgian to. If it weren't for his great WC he would have never played for RM. He got here by being exceptionally good in the WC. He exceeded my expectations by far though. He did well but Courtois is worldclass , young and seems to love this club.
The difference is Navas is still in his prime whereas Casillas got benched and left for a reason so I can understand why people are still pissed.
Navas is slowing down.. no differently than Cristiano has. They are players with tremendous class so they can show this class in big moments. I wanted Navas to have one more year before Courtois came. We couldn't take that gamble after the opportunity showed itself. Navas should transition into a role like Dudek for us.
Some people will literally never be happy. Always find something to complain about. Always. We just pulled a great deal, one of the best GK’s in the world for peanuts. A steal. We now have two world class GK’s on the team, ready to compete. And people STILL complain.
🏆 GOALKEEPER OF THE SEASON⚽ UEFA Champions League 2017/18👉 @NavasKeylor pic.twitter.com/bQAz9Ez1fa— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) August 30, 2018 And according to some here he was declining this past season .. lol...
Nice!! It was probably his weakest season with us last year, but good to see him finally getting some recognition.
He was. His first two seasons starting were better than his last. He should have won the award the prior years.
All keepers make mistakes and the ones he made vs Juve last season are his most recent ones and the ones people remember the most. His high quality saves continue to impress.. he just made one last Sunday.
There’s a universal love for Keylor Navas. Don’t you find it wholesome that Navas is not only loved by fans in the club but other clubs as well? Fans from other clubs always defended him every time he get disrespected by the board. And now ever since Courtois joined, I’ve noticed everyone coming out to support Navas while wishing Courtois failure.
1060681155173933056 is not a valid tweet idRonald González, Costa Rica interim coach: “We all know about Keylor, it is a case that worries all of us…Because of his unstable situation, he has told us that it is a suitable moment for him to stay in Madrid.”
Speak for yourself, I'm not wishing for Courtois to fail. I like Navas and I have nothing against him, but for me Courtois > Navas. The only thing Navas is better at is shot stopping. Courtois is taller, younger, still hasn't reached his full potential, commands the penalty area better. Plus he was dirt cheap. It was a no brainer signing him, he is the future. Navas is almost 32 and he's entering the final stage of his career, we would have needed to sign a replacement sooner or later, I'm glad we did so sooner. I'm glad we have two top quality keepers, no need to hope one of them fails...
It really is but I don't think he understands what he's up against. Navas was only ever meant to be Iker's backup and Flo's been itching to replace him ever since. Any agreement to give Solari the job until the end of the season includes a provision that he benches Navas for Tibo, bet. Just imagine Zidane's reaction when he was told that Ronaldo would be let go, that he had to build the team around Bale with no backups or reinforcements, and that when Courtois came in he would have to bench or sell Navas. Oh wait we don't have to imagine, we know what happened.