Keylor Navas trains like “a beast” to return in January… if not before

• ALBERTO RUBIO

Updated 05/11/2024 – 11:05CET

If someone considers him retired, they are wrong. Keylor Antonio Navas Gamboa (San José, 1986) continues to be active. What’s more, his goal, about to turn 38, it happens to play, at least, this season and next.

The former Albacete, Levante and Real Madrid player ended his contract with Paris Saint-Germain in Juneand, since then, he has been without a team. Offers, of course, have not been lacking. Not all of them, far from it, from exotic Leagues.

In summer he also received four firm proposals from ‘top’ Leagues: France, Italy and Spain. The only thing missing was the signature, but, at the last minute, he backed out thinking that he could occupy a more desirable goal.

In the end it didn’t happen… but Keylor hasn’t given up. He thought about moving back to Madrid, but, taking advantage of the inertia of the holidays, He chose to settle in Costa Rica for reasons of logistics and “family stability.”

In his native country, he trains, according to your closest environment, “like a beast”. And doubly so. It is not only exercised at an individual level. He also does it at a collective level with Saprissathe team that opened the doors to Europe for him and in which he is a legend. With ‘El Monstruo’ he won six Leagues and one Concacaf Champions League. This dynamic, even without competing, allows you to continue feeling part of the group and score goals..

Keylor’s objective, in any case, has not changed. He is determined to play again in January… if not before, which, given the immediacy of the winter market, seems complicated. However, a long-term injury could speed everything up. His name was heard, without going any further, in the ‘pools’ to cover the loss of Ter Stegen at Barcelona before the signing of Szczesny.

The ‘tico’ does not close doors. Neither goals. If it is not in Europe, it will be outside… but, If everything goes as planned, we will see him again sooner rather than later.