Overview

• Pumas UNAM finalized Navas’s transfer from Newell’s Old Boys for a reported $1.9 million plus $100,000 in performance variables.
• The 38-year-old goalkeeper obtained his Mexican work visa in Guatemala and has flown back to Mexico to undertake medical examinations.
• Liga MX rules require Pumas to free a foreign-player slot before Navas can be officially registered with the league.
• Pending successful medicals and paperwork, Navas could make his first appearance for Pumas on July 25 at Querétaro.
• Upon his return, Navas called joining Pumas “an honor and a privilege” and named winning titles as his main objective.