Has to start for me. We are far better with width in the team. We look so stunted with these 4-4-2 with Sterling up top & Silva/KdB out wide, or 4-2-3-1 with Yaya in the middle & Silva/KdB out wide. Those 2 are not wingers & Yaya isn't an CAM (certainly not a better one than Silva or KdB..).
If we look at the league:
Matches with Navas starting: 8 wins 2 losses. 80% win rate.
Matches without Navas starting: 4 wins 3 draws 3 losses. 40% win rate.
Including cups:
Matches with Navas starting: 5 wins 1 loss. 83.33% win rate.
Matches without Navas starting: 2 win 2 losses - both wins were against Gladbach, and both we were losing before Navas came on. 50% win rate
Totals:
Navas starts 13 wins 3 losses 0 draws. 81.25% win rate.
Navas doesn't start 6 wins 5 losses 3 draws; with 2 wins occuring from losing positions only after Navas came on. 42.85% win rate
I'm not going to sit here & say he's a better player than KdB because he isn't, but he's far (far) better for having a balanced team. Navas has to start, Silva/KdB in the middle, then it's either KdB or Sterling on the left - I'd argue Sterling for the same reasons.
A great example of this is the Sevilla away game, no Silva, no KdB. Navas & Sterling out wide, 3 CM's in their favoured positions. Potentially our best performance of the season I'd argue.
Round pegs in round holes, please.