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Real Madrid keeper Keylor Navas is prepared to fight for his place in the team
The Champions League winners have been linked with a move for another No 1
Real almost replaced Navas with David de Gea in 2015 but the move fell through

Published: 02:19 EDT, 3 July 2017 | Updated: 04:13 EDT, 3 July 2017

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Real Madrid keeper Keylor Navas is prepared to fight hard for his place in the team as the Spanish giants are linked with a move for a new No 1.

Navas joined Real in 2014 after starring for Costa Rica in their run to the World Cup quarter finals, and has been first choice in goal ever since.

However manager Zinedine Zidane is rumoured to be looking for a star name to fill the jersey, with Gianluigi Donnarumma, David de Gea and Thibaut Courtois all heavily linked.

Real Madrid keeper Keylor Navas is prepared to fight hard for his place in the team

Real have been linked with a move for another goalkeeper, including Thibaut Courtois

Real almost replaced Navas with David de Gea in 2015 and have been linked ever since

Navas, however, will not give up his prized place in the starting XI of the Spanish and European champions without a fight.

He told Marca: 'I'm very calm, really. I focus on what I can do, which is to work, to strive and to try to keep my position in the team.

'I will always fight to the death against whatever, a real fight. Whatever happens I am going to give everything, as always.'

Navas was signed by Carlo Ancelotti, but almost left the club a year later in a swap deal with Manchester United for de Gea, which fell through at the last minute.

Navas was Real's No 1 last season when they won La Liga and the Champions League

Since then he has kept his first-choice spot, even after Ancelotti was replaced by Rafael Benitez, and then when he was followed by Zidane.

Under the former Ballon D'Or winner Real have become the first side to win the Champions League in back-to-back seasons, something Navas puts down to Zidane's influence.

He said: 'I have no words to thank Zidane. I am very happy, he has given me a lot of encouragement.

'We have really enjoyed the Champions League wins, but there is already a pre-season where we have to work to the fullest. In Madrid you always have to think that you have to win everything that comes.

'La Liga, Champions League - we want everything and hopefully at the end of the season we can be just as happy as now.'