Keylor Navas

What do you think of Keylor Navas as David De Gea's replacement?

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Hope he's part of DDG deal. Superb reflexes.

His 2013/14 performances for Levante.




2014 World Cup. Best keeper in the tournament by far.

 
He wasn't the best goalkeeper at the World Cup by far. Neuer was quite impressive especially when Germany were playing ridiculous high line early on. And the Mexican goalkeeper was good too.

He's a good shot stopper. But in the premier league you need to be able to command your box and come out for crosses. I don't think Navas is that kind of goalkeeper. Obviously DDG wasn't that goalkeeper when he arrived, but he wasn't 28 and was still learning.
 
He was very good, but nowhere near as good as Neuer. That being said I wouldn't mind Navas, but there might be better options.
 
Good shot stopper but not what is needed at United. He's at the same level as Ospina and Bravo. Not good enough
 
Loublaze said:
Good shot stopper but not what is needed at United. He's at the same level as Ospina and Bravo. Not good enough
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He's better than Ospina and Claudio Bravo is great, he's proved me wrong this season.
 
One of those goalkeepers that look really good because of their agility and reflexes. But being a top GK is much more than that.
 
Bojan11 said:
He wasn't the best goalkeeper at the World Cup by far. Neuer was quite impressive especially when Germany were playing ridiculous high line early on. And the Mexican goalkeeper was good too.

He's a good shot stopper. But in the premier league you need to be able to command your box and come out for crosses. I don't think Navas is that kind of goalkeeper. Obviously DDG wasn't that goalkeeper when he arrived, but he wasn't 28 and was still learning.
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Neur is a better keeper obviously but Navas was much more important to his team. I can see Germany winning the world cup without Neur. Navas was MOTM three times which is rather unheard of for a keeper and saved the penalty that took Costa Rico to the quaterfinal for the first time in history. Without him they wouldn't have got out of the group stages, he truly was a match winner.
 
prarek said:
Neur is a better keeper obviously but Navas was much more important to his team. I can see Germany winning the world cup without Neur. Navas was MOTM three times which is rather unheard of for a keeper and saved the penalty that took Costa Rico to the quaterfinal for the first time in history. Without him they wouldn't have got out of the group stages, he truly was a match winner.
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Germany would've hardly made it past Algeria without Neuer. Even his last minute save against Benzema vs France was crucial. In Germany Neuer was seen as a heroic figure during the World Cup, together with Müller probably the star of the team.

That said I also thought Keylor Navas was really impressive as well. I thought more so than Ochoa who got a bit more hype though. Navas would've been my second choice for golden glove, ahead of Ochoa.
 
Lyricist said:
Germany would've hardly made it past Algeria without Neuer. Even his last minute save against Benzema vs France was crucial. In Germany Neuer was seen as a heroic figure during the World Cup, together with Müller probably the star of the team.

That said I also thought Keylor Navas was really impressive as well. I thought more so than Ochoa who got a bit more hype though. Navas would've been my second choice for golden glove, ahead of Ochoa.
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Stegen would have made those saves imo but i see your point.
 
No thanks. I want our next keeper to have a commanding prescense, ala Neuer, Schmikes, etc.
 
prarek said:
Don't know much about them tbh. Weidenfeller is/was highly rated though. What do you think, would they have made those saves?
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Weidenfeller NEVER comes out when he SHOULD - but ironically ALWAYS comes out when he SHOULD NOT.
I'm not talking about the saves, I'm talking about Neuer's sweeping vs Algeria. Weidenfeller isn't quick enough and in all honesty he sucks ever since Dortmund lost the CL final. That's why I said before, Germany wouldn't have made it past Algeria (round of 16) without Neuer.
 
Lyricist said:
Weidenfeller NEVER comes out when he SHOULD - but ironically ALWAYS comes out when he SHOULD NOT.
I'm not talking about the saves, I'm talking about Neuer's sweeping vs Algeria. Weidenfeller isn't quick enough and in all honesty he sucks ever since Dortmund lost the CL final. That's why I said before, Germany wouldn't have made it past Algeria (round of 16) without Neuer.
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Ok ill take your word for it.
 
Surprised this thread isn't more active. Would be delighted if we go him, along with Ramos, for De Gea.
 
prarek said:
Stegen would have made those saves imo but i see your point.
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Ter Stegen would not have come out as effectively Neuer against Algeria. Slimani was getting behind the German backline and Neuer was sweeping brilliantly.

That was a future legend doing the thing that makes him uniquely brilliant repeatedly to bail out his team in a situation where they were having personnel and tactical issues against an absolutely buzzing counter-attacking side.

It was a massive performance in Germany's 2nd closest game of the knockouts and one they easily could have lost.
 
So what do we think? A decent stop gap replacement for DDG? I remember him being good at the world cup but then so was Ospina
 
charlenefan said:
So what do we think? A decent stop gap replacement for DDG? I remember him being good at the world cup but then so was Ospina
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He is 28 and has only had 2 full seasons of play since he came to Europe. For three of the last five years he has been a backup keeper. Even at Levente it was the third season before he became a regular. The Real Madrid move really disrupted his career. Was the LFP best goalie in La Liga in 2013/14 and then the next year ends up on the bench.
 
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Madrid values him in 10m€,the same amount that paid to Levante.If Madrid increase the bid I think that would be a cheap good option,and better than 25/30 for Cillessen.The club can use that year to check the market calmly.If after a season the club thinks that is not good enough will surely get the investment back
 
I'd rather have Romero who is a better in terms of the qualities that LVG requires in a gk rather than this Madrid Castoff..If he wanted to sign him as a replacement, dont you think we will have done so and completed this DDG issue months ago? He has has good refexes, Valdes who we are getting rid of has even better ones..
 
carvajal said:
Madrid values him in 10m€,the same amount that paid to Levante.If Madrid increase the bid I think that would be a cheap good option,and better than 25/30 for Cillessen.The club can use that year to check the market calmly.If after a season the club thinks that is not good enough will surely get the investment back
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A better option would be us scouting the market calmly with DDG in goal knowing full well that we are definitely going to lose him. What is the point in taking a punt on a GK and then start scouting the market alongside.

Funny is Madrid value their second choice at 10 million euros but are willing to offer only 15-20 million for a GK who is already in the top 3 in the world and has potential to become the best.
 
Apparently... LVG pulled the plug on a new deal for DDG when he arrived last summer. He wasn't convinced he was good enough at the top level and wanted someone like Navas.

Could all be rumour but I hope to god that's not true. Navas would be a good back up but in the Premier League he'd be found out from crosses. Better to keep DDG this season or stick with Romero until a permanent replacement can be found.
 
NK86 said:
Funny is Madrid value their second choice at 10 million euros but are willing to offer only 15-20 million for a GK who is already in the top 3 in the world and has potential to become the best.
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because he is in the last year of his contract and they can sign him for free on a pre contract in Jan... so yeah basically 4 months after the window closes this summer he is theres for nothing - so actually 15-20 million in that context is not too bad

similarly the rumours (which may be 100% true or wildly inaccurate) suggest they would give De Gea a 12 million signing on bonus if he signs on a free in Jan

so if your de gea you can earn 3 million a month by not signing now... think about that 3 million a month - thats way more than his wages.

He could actually bugger off to Madrid now and have some fun with his GF and let united fine him his wages each week and still come out probably 2.5 million a month better off than if he stayed and sat in the stands with us.

Navas is a great option for them for a season and they could probably sell him next summer and cover de geas signing bonus.
 
[QUOTE="Rich_H_1989, post: 17965784, member: 98325"]Apparently... LVG pulled the plug on a new deal for DDG when he arrived last summer. He wasn't convinced he was good enough at the top level and wanted someone like Navas.

Could all be rumour but I hope to god that's not true. Navas would be a good back up but in the Premier League he'd be found out from crosses. Better to keep DDG this season or stick with Romero until a permanent replacement can be found.[/QUOTE]

1. Why would woody let LVG convince him not to give de gea a contract when he had one year left when he obviously had a decent market value at the time and was our player of the season before LVG came.

2. We gave Nani a new contract to protect our investment despite us clearly not wanting him.
 
sun_tzu said:
because he is in the last year of his contract and they can sign him for free on a pre contract in Jan... so yeah basically 4 months after the window closes this summer he is theres for nothing - so actually 15-20 million in that context is not too bad

similarly the rumours (which may be 100% true or wildly inaccurate) suggest they would give De Gea a 12 million signing on bonus if he signs on a free in Jan

so if your de gea you can earn 3 million a month by not signing now... think about that 3 million a month - thats way more than his wages.

He could actually bugger off to Madrid now and have some fun with his GF and let united fine him his wages each week and still come out probably 2.5 million a month better off than if he stayed and sat in the stands with us.

Navas is a great option for them for a season and they could probably sell him next summer and cover de geas signing bonus.
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You did not get my point. I was quoting @carvajal when he said that Navas would be a good option for us at 10 million euros while we can calmly look for another GK. What is the point in spending that money on a punt on Navas and then another big amount on some other keeper next season if we will lose DDG for about 15-20 million euros if we accept Madrid's bid. We are better off keeping DDG for the season and then in the mean time actually look for his replacement as we would now be sure that he is not resigning with us.
 
If we lose David De Gea to Madrid, which we have to look at as a realistic possibility, I'd be warm to the idea of Navas being part of the deal. Romero gives me no confidence. He seems to take an age to decide what he wants to do when he gets the ball to feet, which nearly cost us on Tuesday. Also, his positioning from crosses and set pieces makes me nervous too. In an ideal world Van Gaal would patch things up with Victor Valdes and we'd be set. That doesn't look like happening though. If the choice is Romero or Navas, I'd go for Navas every day of the week.
 
Navas is like Valdes, great reflexes but flappy and weak in the air, taking their 2nd stringer while they take De Gea is not a good idea.

Raoul said:
:lol: Beware of internet football experts.
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Or wait until he's actually had to do something before getting the wrong idea that he's good enough for United, we saw against Brugge that he's prone to simple errors.
 
Must say I am not keen on short-ish keepers.
 
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