By Jorge Hernandez
04 Sep 2024, 02:25 AM EDT
After the transfer market closed in the main European leagues and waiting to define his future, the 37-year-old goalkeeper Keylor Navas trains with Saprissa of Costa Rica, the team where he was trained.
Saprissa informed local media that Navas, former Real Madrid goalkeeper, He will train at the Ricardo Saprissa stadium to maintain his physical form while he resolves his future after finishing his contract with French club PSG at the end of last season.
Saprissa leaders They have stated on several occasions that Navas has the doors open to the club in case he wants to end his career there, while football friends of the goalkeeper such as defender Óscar Duarte have said that it would be “wonderful” to be teammates at the Costa Rican club.
“You never know. I hope we can have him here with us, it would be wonderful. “I’m not going to be his teammate at Saprissa, but if it’s up to me I’ll tell him that if he gets the chance here we’re waiting for him with open arms. Imagine having someone like Keylor, it would be incredible,” said the defender, who has already played alongside Navas in the past.
Keylor was trained at Saprissa and won seven titles with the clubincluding one from the Concacaf Champions Cup in 2005, which allowed the club to play the Club World Cup of that year, in which it ended in the third place.
“Everyone knows what Keylor means to Costa Rica and the world. What he has done in the last 10 years, in general we should all be proud. He will always have offers from several teams because of what he has shown”, said Duarte, the King of Cups’ reinforcement for this season.
Last December the goalkeeper said in a broadcast on their social networks that He and his entire family are fans of Saprissa and he said that he would like to retire in one of the teams he played for. during his career.
The transfer market in Costa Rica closes on September 5, the same week as the transfer market in Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, the last three where supposedly The Costa Rican goalkeeper has received offers to continue his professional career.
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