Thibault Courtois could go To Real Madrid (Marca) | Courtois: "I will be at Chelsea next year"

Brightonian said:
It depends. Donnarumma yes, maybe. But the vast majority of keepers, even very good ones like Courtois, are always going to be less of a prize than De Gea no matter how well they do. He's the best in the world, Spanish, the Spain #1... he's the ultimate trophy for Madrid. After all, Navas is doing very well for them but it doesn't mean they wouldn't drop him in a second if they could get their hands on Dave. And I think that would be true for almost any keeper in the world bar maybe Donnarumma (provided he continues to fulfil his potential), Oblak or Neuer.

Which isn't to say they could definitely get De Gea. If we continue on our upward trajectory I agree we might very well keep him until much later in his career. If we don't, he'll be off one day. It must play on his mind at least a little that he could be a double CL winner by now if he'd gone to Madrid when they first started pursuing him.
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Yes, however my point was more to do about the window of opportunity Real will have. If they do get Courtois, do you think they'll dump him a year or two later only to spunk 80/90m on De Gea? Conversely, do you think De Gea would be more insistent at the age of 30/31 to go to Real, as opposed to now or next year when he's 27?

I don't think those scenarios are likely which is why I repeat my view that if Real get a 'keeper soon, De Gea is staying here for most of the rest of his career.
 
whatwha said:
Probably. And they managed to sell 29 year old Costa, who was out of the squad and everything, for almost the same price that they bought 24 year old Morata for. Chelsea often do some good business :(
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An earlier poster said Real Madrid get Courtois for 25m. No chance in Hell Chelsea let a top player like him go for peanuts. Chelsea are experts in buying and selling players at good prices. The female exec that handles their transfer negotiations is top notch.
 
poacher said:
An earlier poster said Real Madrid get Courtois for 25m. No chance in Hell Chelsea let a top player like him go for peanuts. Chelsea are experts in buying and selling players at good prices. The female exec that handles their transfer negotiations is top notch.
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Yeah no chance he leaves for 25m.
 
whatwha said:
Yeah no chance he leaves for 25m.
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He'll have only 1 year left on his contract, if he doesn't sign a new one by the summer. But, he'd still cost near £40m if Chelsea were to sell imo. If he does sign a new contract, you can bet that Madrid's mouthpieces will all turn to De Gea once again.
 
Maradona10 said:
Most english papers are running with it too quoting Marca as their source. Could it be DDG has told madrid he is staying at united and they have shifted attention to Courtois. Maybe they think Courtois would be a cheaper option with DDG having more numbers on his contract an united asking world record fees for him.
Chelsea have no option to extend courtois contract and may not want to lose him on a free.
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It's all about money, baby :cool:
 
I hope this is true. He’d be a great fit for them. Better than that Spanish lad we have, he’s useless, no idea why they are even interested in him to be honest;)
 
Is Courtois a better shot stopper than Navas?

I dont doubt he's a better all round keeper but as Madrid really just need an outstanding stopper I feel Navas is probably the better fit for them
 
Ballague saying Courtois wants to go to Real and they want him and the recent leaks about him being close to signing a new deal is to put pressure on Real to sort a deal out with Chelsea, now it's Ballague after all but if Real got Courtois (let alone the other kid they're about to sign Kepe?) then DDG will surely be ours forever :drool:
 
Would be great for us if he does but Ballague saying it makes me automatically assume he is going to sign a new contract at Chelsea.
 
charlenefan said:
Ballague saying Courtois wants to go to Real and they want him and the recent leaks about him being close to signing a new deal is to put pressure on Real to sort a deal out with Chelsea, now it's Ballague after all but if Real got Courtois (let alone the other kid they're about to sign Kepe?) then DDG will surely be ours forever :drool:
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Would you say he's a trusted and reliable source? I'm not really too up on which journos are bullshit artists.
 
charlenefan said:
Ballague saying Courtois wants to go to Real and they want him and the recent leaks about him being close to signing a new deal is to put pressure on Real to sort a deal out with Chelsea, now it's Ballague after all but if Real got Courtois (let alone the other kid they're about to sign Kepe?) then DDG will surely be ours forever :drool:
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I thought Madrid already signed a new kepa. :nervous:
 
Jaybomb said:
Keylor Navas is disgustingly underrated. If I'm Madrid, I don't see the point in replacing a keeper you've won 3 Champions League's with.
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The poor guy just doesn't have the marketability that Perez values so highly so he'll be gone the moment Madrid signs one of their taller, better looking targets. It must not feel good to hear rumors about you getting replaced constantly for several years whether or not you're playing well.
 
Didn't Madrid just sign Kepa on a pre contract? Or was that the usual Spanish bullshit also?
 
prateik said:
Stop bumping old threads.
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That applies for threads that are years old - not a couple of months where this is the first transfer window since the thread was made. The source for the potential transfer is dodgier than @Jippy's bowels but I see nothing wrong with the bump in this instance.
 
Damien said:
That applies for threads that are years old - not a couple of months where this is the first transfer window since the thread was made. The source for the potential transfer is dodgier than @Jippy's bowels but I see nothing wrong with the bump in this instance.
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Its from the previous transfer window, isnt it? I thought the Marca article was new.

This bump probably belongs in the twitter thread. Its just Balague with his nonsense.



edit: anyway. It was just the title that threw me off. If it was a more generic Courtois to Madrid title, it probably wouldnt have annoyed me.

Now I just feel like I've fallen for a clickbait .. which is never fun.
 
prateik said:
Its from the previous transfer window, isnt it? I thought the Marca article was new.

This bump probably belongs in the twitter thread. Its just Balague with his nonsense.

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No. Was between windows (October). Agreed on it being nonsense as they're signing Kepa. They won't sign another keeper too - especially one which would cost a fortune like Courtois would.
 
I get the sense that Florentino doesn’t want to pay big money for a goalkeeper. I’ll forever believe that they intentionally screwed up the De Gea deal that summer to get him for free in January. They gambled and failed and haven’t made serious overtures since now that we can name our price.

This is Real Madrid. They can get nearly every player in the world yet they’re goalkeepers signed when Casillas was winding down were Lopez, Navas and now Kepa. Good keepers they are but it’s like if they were searching for a new starting midfielder they wouldn’t sign a mid table one that cost under 30 million like they do with keepers.
 
manutddjw said:
I get the sense that Florentino doesn’t want to pay big money for a goalkeeper. I’ll forever believe that they intentionally screwed up the De Gea deal that summer to get him for free in January. They gambled and failed and haven’t made serious overtures since now that we can name our price.

This is Real Madrid. They can get nearly every player in the world yet they’re goalkeepers signed when Casillas was winding down were Lopez, Navas and now Kepa. Good keepers they are but it’s like if they were searching for a new starting midfielder they wouldn’t sign a mid table one that cost under 30 million like they do with keepers.
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This whole Madrid get who they want is a myth, they wanted DDG we we held off, they wanted pogba we pipped them to him, they wanted Neymar Barca got him, they wanted mbappe PSG blew them out of the water for that one.
 
BigCaine said:
This whole Madrid get who they want is a myth, they wanted DDG we we held off, they wanted pogba we pipped them to him, they wanted Neymar Barca got him, they wanted mbappe PSG blew them out of the water for that one.
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DDG we didn't sign him because we dithered too long and the "fax machine". You didn't hold on, we screwed it up(wether intentionally or not). Pogba and Mbappé, yeah we wanted them but our attitude towards them for more "meh, i guess we could sign you", we didn't truly make them our top priorities and pull all the stops to go after them, like we did with Bale for example. With both players we made them feel like, yeah, we wanted them, but we didn't really need them

Neymar was stolen from under our nose in 2011 or 2012 by Rosel, who is now in jail because of that deal...
 
giorno said:
DDG we didn't sign him because we dithered too long and the "fax machine". You didn't hold on, we screwed it up(wether intentionally or not). Pogba and Mbappé, yeah we wanted them but our attitude towards them for more "meh, i guess we could sign you", we didn't truly make them our top priorities and pull all the stops to go after them, like we did with Bale for example. With both players we made them feel like, yeah, we wanted them, but we didn't really need them

Neymar was stolen from under our nose in 2011 or 2012 by Rosel, who is now in jail because of that deal...
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So basically Madrid gets who they want, unless they don't because they clearly don't want them that much.
 
elmo said:
So basically Madrid gets who they want, unless they don't because they clearly don't want them that much.
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That's mostly true, and of mostly every big club. Money talks in the end. The sheiks are the exception, since they don't care to burn money and won't sell players even if they want to leave...
 
giorno said:
That's mostly true, and of mostly every big club. Money talks in the end. The sheiks are the exception, since they don't care to burn money and won't sell players even if they want to leave...
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What's the inside knowledge on the likelihood of you getting Hazard and Courtois then?
 
elmo said:
So basically Madrid gets who they want, unless they don't because they clearly don't want them that much.
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:lol:

Fact is in Mbappe's case Madrid clearly couldn't compete financially
 
If Balague says that Courtois is going to Madrid, you can bet you ass that his new contract will be announced soon.
 
charlenefan said:
:lol:

Fact is in Mbappe's case Madrid clearly couldn't compete financially
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No we absolutely could. Mbappé explained it in an interview, when we met with him, we made him feel like we were doing him a favour, that we were meeting because he wanted to come and we decided to give him the chance
 
charlenefan said:
What's the inside knowledge on the likelihood of you getting Hazard and Courtois then?
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Based on what @giorno is saying, it'll depend on how much they want the 2 of them. If Madrid get them, it'll be because they wanted them. If not, it'll be because they didn't want them that much. Get it?
 
prateik said:
Its from the previous transfer window, isnt it? I thought the Marca article was new.

This bump probably belongs in the twitter thread. Its just Balague with his nonsense.



edit: anyway. It was just the title that threw me off. If it was a more generic Courtois to Madrid title, it probably wouldnt have annoyed me.

Now I just feel like I've fallen for a clickbait .. which is never fun.
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That tweet is the complete opposite of what a Belgian journalist told a Sky Sports podcast the other night, he said Courtois will stay at Chelsea and become the best paid keeper in the world.
 
giorno said:
No we absolutely could. Mbappé explained it in an interview, when we met with him, we made him feel like we were doing him a favour, that we were meeting because he wanted to come and we decided to give him the chance
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Who you trying to fool? No way could Real Madrid afford what PSG were willing to pay to get Mbappe. Real Madrid are not the club that can outspend anyone else anymore.

United, City and PSG can all outbid Madrid these days.
 
giorno said:
No we absolutely could. Mbappé explained it in an interview, when we met with him, we made him feel like we were doing him a favour, that we were meeting because he wanted to come and we decided to give him the chance
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Can you give the links to the interview?
 
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