According to The TeamParis Saint-Germain would not be against a transfer of their 35-year-old Costa Rican international goalkeeper this summer, quite the contrary…
«I make it a rule to always appoint a goalkeeper number 1 and a number 2“. This is what Christophe said on Tuesday, during his first press conference as PSG coach. Clearly, the 55-year-old Marseille technician does not intend to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor, Mauricio Pochettino, who had chosen the alternation rule in 2021-22. At least until the knockout stages of the Champions League, Gianluigi Donnarumma having been established for the two matches against Real Madrid… with the result that we know, his dumpling at the Bernabeu. However, it is not as if the PSG had not already paid to see that the alternation does not work in this very particular position of goalkeeper. We remember, for example, the Areola / Buffon fiasco, during the 2018-19 season, with the ball of the second named against Manchester United, already in the round of 16 of C1… “It’s easier in terms of management but also for them to know what their position is within the workforce.“Explained Galtier again, in order to justify a clear hierarchy.
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It remains to be seen who of Donnarumma or Keylor Navas will depart in the titular costume at the start of next season. “I will quickly meet the guards“Galtier slipped again on Tuesday, taking care not to reveal an orientation in the matter. However, according to The Team , the former defender and his partner Luis Campos, football adviser of the capital club, have already made their choice, that of reason, that of logic, the one we had a presentiment of: it is the Italian European champion 23-year-old who will be number 1 in 2022-23. And this despite a clumsy end to the season, under the colors of Paris-SG, but also of the Italian selection. Madrid has left its mark…
Starting bid, €10 million
«All the work now of the Parisian management will be to find a way out that pleases the ex-Madrilenian“, slip our colleagues, announcing more or less that Navas will be pushed towards the exit this summer. And this in order to put “Gigio” “in the best conditions» for his second season in Paris and that «The shadow (from Navas) does not hover over him with each less successful performance“. Pricing? €10 million. It remains to find a base for the triple winner of the Champions League in the colors of Madrid, irreproachable and even often brilliant since his arrival in Paris in 2019. So far, the offers have not come. Moreover, the 35-year-old Costa Rican (soon to be 36) has expressed his desire to stay at PSG on several occasions since the end of the past season. The task of the Parisian leaders will therefore not be easy… Remember that Navas, extended in April 2021, still has two years of contract, compared to four for Donnarumma, who joined Paris-SG libre from AC Milan in the summer. last. The future is clearly the second named. A priori, it is the present too…