Obviously both have issues. The question is who is better suited to be main keeper. At this point what warrants Courtois starting is his price and age, while not being actually better.
Yep, he is a tier or two below the Oblak and Ter Segens of this world, not good enough to be Real Madrid’s main GK.
Fact is when Keylor displays his flaws (speculative goalkeeping mostly) people bite into the argument that it isn't his fault. There is no fair battle in performance because Keylor has basically established himself as a god amongst many fans.
Let's flip Courtois then, since you know he will rake in 80 ME so easily and Keylor can't generate the same revenue but can get the job done for us here. Oh that's right because other clubs realize Courtois needs to go to group therapy for nut meg trauma. Once you consider factors like the overall team play and circumstances keeper will frequently encounter, then Keylor is no doubt the guy at this moment. When you look at height, age only then you get different conclusion. Heck you sign random NBA player no questions asked.
Navas is better though..Courtois was only top shelf when he was with Atletico. He will make some spectacular flying saves but in reality that is not whAt is really needed in a club like ours nor how goalies are tested for 90mins.
Before we got Courtois there were voices that a keeper would be a sensible idea to consider, and now it's always "Keylor is elite, he would have saved that, no way we concede with Keylor in goal" at literally everything.
Courtois offers absolutely zero added value whatsoever. Besides, Keylor has earned his marks which should warrant certain benefit of the doubt. But not to the point you are trying to depict it.
It's easy to blame Kross beacuse he made a stupid mistake. It WAS his fault for losing the possesion like that. Tactics had nothing to do with that.
Fierro dropping some truth. The funny thing is that Courtois’s supposed strength which is his ability to command the air is a myth, he has the reflexes of an 80 yr grandma, he is not good with his feet and He doesn’t read the game that well which is why he mostly doesn’t come out when he should. Unnecessary signing is unnecessary, but hey I hear that Random Garcia is available from Villarreal, he is only 23 and would cost us 20 mil, we should snap him up.
Stats don't prove anything because Courtois played in one of the worst Madrid teams ever with an inexistent defense.
And Navas did too last season. The stats I am pointing out are games under Navas last season.. where we conceded less goals per match. TC against Barca = 5 goals Navas against Barca = 3 goals. This trend will continue.. the more he plays the more goals we will concede on average.
I’ll spell it out, people around the club consider Lunin as our future number 1, he was supposed to gain experience and eventually take over from Keylor, Courtois’s signing ( a relatively young GL himself ) smacks of poor planning. Your claim that we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to sign him would be legit if he was the best GK in the world or one that’s elite tier, he is neither, no matter how cheap he was we should have maintained our initial course.