The Pumas of the UNAM fulfilled all the requirements to have the Costa Rican Keylor Navas ready, from his presentation and official registration, to be able to use him from this Friday night, July 25th on matchday three when they visit the Gallos Blancos de Querétaro.

With this official confirmation, where Navas now appears in the university team's records on the official Liga MX website, the rumors that there were time and form problems for Newell's Old Boys to be able to release the international transfer that every player requires in order to be officially registered in another league are behind us.

Keylor or Keilor?, the correct name of Pumas' new goalkeeper

By the way, confusion arose among Pumas fans on social media over the correct name of the Costa Rican goalkeeper, especially because he has commonly been known as Keylor Navas, but in the official Liga MX registry he appears as Keilor Antonio Navas Gamboa, which is why they have It has been pointed out that the league's website has the error, but Pumas placed it as their registration says.

Free up a spot for a player not born in Mexico

Another complication that existed is that Pumas had to free up one of the nine spots for players not born in Mexico in order to include Navas on their official roster and this was possible after reaching an agreement with the Argentine Leo Suárez who was released to be traded to another team.

In Liga MX, according to the competition regulations, the registration of nine players not born in Mexico is allowed, but only seven can play in the same match, therefore, it was important to free up Suárez's spot as was finally achieved.

Pumas' foreign players

With the arrival of Keylor Navas, the foreign players that the Pumas of the UNAM have enabled are the Spaniard Rubén Duarte, the Brazilian Nathanael Silva, the Colombians Álvaro Angulo and Jose Caicedo, the Peruvian Piero Quispe, Panamanian Adalberto Carrasquilla, Ecuadorian Pedro Vite and finally Welshman Aaron Ramsey.

The Foreign Legion of the feline squad will undoubtedly be the backbone to recover the level of other seasons under the command of Efrain Juarez, who since his arrival has insisted on recovering the mystique that characterized the university teams in the days of yesteryear.

The importance of his registration

Pumas rushed to register the Costa Rican goalkeeper due to the weakness shown by rookie Rodrigo Parra in defending the feline goal, since in the first two games of the tournament against Santos Laguna and Pachuca, he was the decisive factor in incurring the two initial defeats.

The performance de Parra last Sunday made the university board resume negotiations with the Argentine team Newell's Old Boys and be able to reach an agreement to be able to play in the Liga MX, even handling the unofficial version that the goalkeeper himself put money out of his own pocket to be able to close the deal.

Thus, Navas with his enviable career at 38 years old on his back, both as a player for teams such as Real Madrid, PSG, Levante, Nottingham Forest and Newell's Old Boys, as well as in the Costa Rica national team in the World Cups in Brazil 2014, Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022, accepted the challenge of playing with the Pumas in the Liga MX thinking about defending the goal of his national team in the next World Cup 2026 in Mexico, the United States and Canada.

Efrain Juárez is younger than Navas

Perhaps it is an anecdotal and strange detail, but it just so happens that the Pumas coach, Efrain Juárez, is a year younger than Keylor Navas, who is 38 years old compared to 37 for the university coach, a clear demonstration that in football age is a reference and experience and wisdom are not often demonstrated.

In this sense, we will have to wait and see how Efrain continues to manage the locker room, who by the way already has experience on the bench, while Navas continues to add recognition to his international career.