According to L’Équipe, the Parisian management has already confirmed that one of its two goalkeepers will leave next summer. It remains to be seen which…
«Somehow it’s gotta change“. Alpagated by our colleagues from Canal + after the Parisian victory in Angers (0-3), Wednesday, during the 33rd day of Ligue 1, Keylor Navas played fair. And obviously, the message was received five out of five at the Factory… Brilliant since his arrival in the capital, in 2019, after notably winning the Champions League three times with Real Madrid, Navas had to deal with the recruitment of Gianluigi Donnarumma last summer. A recruitment that looks like a disavowal, or in any case a serious threat, knowing that the former doorman of AC Milan is not just a young man with a future debauched to ensure the succession of his elder. With more than 250 matches in the legs in Lombardy and a status of best player and winner of the Euro with Italy, the 23-year-old goalkeeper, free in 2021, must represent the future of Paris-SG and the Nazionale for (very) long years.
A market opportunity on which Leonardo threw himself, without feeling. So much the worse for “San Keylor”, who therefore put his leaders on the back of the wall by explaining that it would be “complicated“to relive”a situation like this season“. All while not failing to specify that we have “a very good relationship with Gigio“and that he and his family”feel very good in Paris“. Not enough to leave for a round in the same conditions, we understand that. Who could blame him? We are talking about a goalkeeper who is still part of the world’s gratin at 35 years old. A player who left Real for these same reasons, after the recruitment of Thibaut Courtois. The Costa Rican probably did not think he would experience this again at PSG…
Donnarumma Advantage
In the meantime, Paris Saint-Germain seems to have decided. If the big maneuvers will wait until the question of the technical staff is resolved, the situation of the goalkeepers is a priori clear in the eyes of the leaders according to The Team : it is indeed recorded that Navas or Donnarumma will leave the club this summer. Which ? The sports daily does not dare to say that the first named, 35 years old and under contract until 2024, will see the door open in front of him. But doubt is not really allowed… Linked to the Parisian club until 2026, Donnarumma is 12 years younger than his rival. To ask the question is to answer it… Unless the European champion clearly expresses the desire to leave the Parc des Princes a year after his arrival, but that is not the idea. Regarding Navas, the sports daily ensures that Paris values him at €10 million. “PSG will be able to be persuasive, if necessary, to make him leave“, we add. If we are to believe his statements on Wednesday, Navas should not, however, oppose the hypothesis of a departure…
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Remember that the two goalkeepers have fought hard against bad luck throughout the season, shining with their professionalism and performance. They have played the same number of matches since the start of the current campaign, 22, with 21 goals conceded for Navas and 20 at Donnarumma, and eight clean sheets each. Not too many rowdy statements in the media, even if we imagine that the two thieves thought no less. “It sometimes hurts to stay on the bench but I am calm and I am sure that the situation will be resolved“, said Donnarumma all the same, thus anticipating the remarks made by Navas a few months apart. “At some point a decision may be made, but for now the sharing is going very well, there is a good relationship between them, a very good state of mind and it is going very well», Meantime Mauricio Pochettino said towards the middle of the season.
The future will certainly be written in different circumstances
Mauricio Pochettino
Finally, the Argentine coach made a decision. At the worst time… He indeed aligned Donnarumma during the two matches against Real, in the round of 16 of C1. With the result that we know…”No other club in the world has experienced this with two goalkeepers of this stature“, said “Few” last Wednesday. And to continue:Afterwards, their cohabitation went very well, the competition between them too. It is sure that they both aspire to play more. The future will certainly be written in different circumstances. Logically, there will be a different management.A management that will therefore undoubtedly benefit Gianluigi Donnarumma, except surprise. For the rest, Paris will be spoiled for choice when it comes to the Italian’s understudy with ten goalkeepers under contract, including three currently on loan here and there (Areola, Rico, Bulka).