Navas on his way ?

BlueTG said:
Isn't he our highest assist provider since 2013 (when he signed)? Not bad considering some of you loons reckon any young EDS lad can give more than he has.
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2nd to Silva over the last 3 seasons, no shame in that.

Stats are for the PL only, the top six are

Silva 27
Navas 22
Aguero 16
Nasri 15
Yaya 15
Kolarov 13
 
If we let him go, it's a major mistake. Not the most gifted footballer, but I'd rather Navas ahead of Yaya Kolarov Bony etc, every day of the week and twice on Sunday's.

He puts a shift in and is a TEAM player.

If he's homesick as was allegedly a trait early in his career, fine. But don't make this move to the detriment of the squad and team just because we "have to."
 
nktakm said:
He's not irreplaceable, but there's a number of players that should be out the door far before him
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Amen to that.(sorry disappointed nobody has said that yet or praise Jesus)

Personally I think he's the type who will do something Pep said he wants in his first days since arriving at City, he will give his all for the team and fight for the manager doing everything that's asked of him without a fuss.
 
jrb said:
He will love Seville. Beautiful city.(centre) Currently 45 degrees.

Thanks, Jesus. If you leave?
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Is this a Clarkie?

We signed him from Sevilla, think he might have a decent idea what it's like, pmsl.
 
Enjoyed his role as a squad player when we were all fit and flying it in the year we came second to liverpoop. We had to play him way to much as a regular last season and while he never let's you down going either way he just didn't bring enough of a boom factor to the table to win us the league last year or even season before.

Loved having him but wouldn't be sad to see him go if our right hand side were to be Sterling and Sane with Bellerin behind them.

Love to see sterling get his confidence back by playing him on a side where his strong foot (only foot) will be useful but that's off topic.
 
I will reluctantly make peace with him leaving if he wants to, but Pep loves hardworking team players and Navas is maybe the best example of that we have. One of my favourite current City players. His famous 'bad crosses' often make me wonder how much better they'd look if he actually had players to aim to. Look at the assists this season alone for Fernando vs Stoke, De Bruyne vs Newcastle, Bony vs Sevilla. If he can regain the confidence he had at Sevilla then why not keep him? Navas is one of the best embodiments of the attitude, spirit and workrate I want to see from City players. He's got that, we should at least see what Pep can do with him before writing him off.

Also, Navas nutmegging Baba in April was my personal highlight of last season.
 
jrb said:
He will love Seville. Beautiful city.(centre) Currently 45 degrees.

Thanks, Jesus. If you leave?
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He's probably pretty familiar with it seeing as he was born and raised 15 minutes away and played for Sevilla for 13 years
 
Pep wants his wingers to be given 1 on 1 opportunities and he then wants his wingers to win those opportunities. Navas only has one move: slow up then push it toward the goal line relying on his speed to create separation for a cross. While I'm sure Pep could utilize that at times if he stays I don't think he could be a regular player under Pep because we will have worked very hard to create opportunities for him and he won't be able to do much more than hit a speculative cross. He certainly wasn't helped by our style of play the last few seasons and only having Aguero to aim at but I don't think he's the style of winger Pep is looking for either. Those who have mentioned converting him to a wing back have a better idea, in my opinion, but that's such a FIFA move and I doubt the player would be all that interested in it.
 
MarsLlama said:
I will reluctantly make peace with him leaving if he wants to, but Pep loves hardworking team players and Navas is maybe the best example of that we have. One of my favourite current City players. His famous 'bad crosses' often make me wonder how much better they'd look if he actually had players to aim to. Look at the assists this season alone for Fernando vs Stoke, De Bruyne vs Newcastle, Bony vs Sevilla. If he can regain the confidence he had at Sevilla then why not keep him? Navas is one of the best embodiments of the attitude, spirit and workrate I want to see from City players. He's got that, we should at least see what Pep can do with him before writing him off.

Also, Navas nutmegging Baba in April was my personal highlight of last season.
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It would also help if we moved the ball quicker so the box wasn't loaded with defenders. He showed in the Cup Final v Sunderland what he can do breaking fast.
 
Regardless of what some have said, I can't see a reason anyone should slag him off if he leaves. He's been a great servant and I wish him all the best if he goes back to Seville.
 
Solid and dependable player, but we just can't afford to have players in the front 4 unable to score goals anymore.

He's also 31 so it's probably the last chance we have to get any sort of decent fee for him, plus it helps in the rejuvenation process of our ageing squad.
 
i love Navas. he's an old skool winger.
which is to assist, not to score.
his workrate is one of the best.
excelled in traditional 4-4-2, rather than modern formation with 3 forward.
which require inside forward to score, while Navas are never play in such position.
i don't blame him for not scoring, that's not his job.
 
ws01 said:
Solid and dependable player, but we just can't afford to have players in the front 4 unable to score goals anymore.

He's also 31 so it's probably the last chance we have to get any sort of decent fee for him, plus it helps in the rejuvenation process of our ageing squad.
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Navas works hard and is fast. That is all. As you say, in the modern game all attacking players are expected to score. Last season we had Navas, Sterling and Aguero. Barca had Neymar, Suarez and Messi. Coupled with Navas's uncanny ability to hit the first defender when crossing he really is one of the players we can spare given the need to free up squad places.

Not a bad player. Just not as good as we had hoped or now need. He will go back to Spain and have a couple of good seasons. Good luck to him.
 
Neville Kneville said:
A fantastic signing. One of the few things Pellegrini got right.

I suppose if the players we are linked to are actually coming, Navas would have to switch jobs to get in the team, so it wouldn't be surprising if he went.

But he's done us a great job & good luck to him if he does go.
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His work rate and willingness to track back will be missed and his final ball was not as bad as many make out. However, he never poses any real problems for defenders and can't put the ball in the net. Bit like Milner a good squad player but not really top dollar.
 
Good player for us but he has lost his way a bit in that his goalscoring has dried up and his crossing is failing to beat the first man.
 
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Tells you all you need to know that teams are willing to pay for him - unlike some others in the squad. Never is/was going to be a goalscorer and wrong to expect that to change, yet his work rate is off the scale. Happy if he stays or goes although I do suspect his chances here will be limited.
 
Neville Kneville said:
A fantastic signing. One of the few things Pellegrini got right.

I suppose if the players we are linked to are actually coming, Navas would have to switch jobs to get in the team, so it wouldn't be surprising if he went.

But he's done us a great job & good luck to him if he does go.
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He will go I can't see him at his stage in his career wanting to sit on the bench. But I agree a good servant to the club just a shame he's never going to be up to the level required for us now Pep has arrived.
 
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