BlueLion. 21,491 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 http://www.lasexta.com/noticias/deportes/courtois-quiero-jugar-sea-chelsea-otro-lado_2014012100358.htmlCourtois: "I'm not afraid of competing against anyone but I also don't feel like going to a club and then don't play. I want to play, this is what I want, I want to play and if it's not in Chelsea then it will be at another club."He went on to say, in a politically correct and indirect manner, that his manager will speak to Chelsea and ask for a decision.What he meant was, in my opinion, very clear: "take me now as number 1 keeper or sell me".He says this an awful lot, that's he is supposedly not scared of the competition. I think he's Petrified by it. :tophat: HD3D, daBlackMamba7, Moros and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HD3D 1,038 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Arrogant attitude towards the club He wants to know his future, so does the Spanish press. It's not like he's badmouthing the club.But he already knows his future. It's written all over his contract and he can reread it if he forgets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weckerz 3,781 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 But he already knows his future. It's written all over his contract and he can reread it if he forgets.If that's the case Mata can't go to Utd, his future is defined by his contract! What a stupid thing to say. A football team consists of people, not robots. Christo191 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HD3D 1,038 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 If that's the case Mata can't go to Utd, his future is defined by his contract! What a stupid thing to say. A football team consists of people, not robots.His contract says it's the club that decides what's his future. Mata is not deciding his future, Chelsea is. If we didn't want him to go to United, he wouldn't be going to United until his contract ends.Courtois should respect his contract and only start making demands when it's time to renegotiate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weckerz 3,781 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 His contract says it's the club that decides what's his future. Mata is not deciding his future, Chelsea is. If we didn't want him to go to United, he wouldn't be going to United until his contract ends.Courtois should respect his contract and only start making demands when it's time to renegotiate it.The lad wants to know whether he'll be playing for Chelsea next season. What are you on about making demands?Also do you think the club didn't take Mata's wishes into account? Why did De Bruyne leave? Right, because he asked for a transfer.Courtois is being honest, he wants to play and rightly so. If Chelsea decides to continue with Cech, which would be as sensible as replacing him with Courtois, he'll probably hand in a transfer request. It's as easy as that.The assumption that he is 'afraid' of Cech is ridiculous. You don't keep 2 world class goalkeepers in 1 team. It doesn't work. zolayes, Tomo and Stingray 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainsley Harriott 2,732 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 He says this an awful lot, that's he is supposedly not scared of the competition. I think he's Petrified by it. :tophat: didierforever and Fernando 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cech's helmet 220 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Whats the difference between De gea and this lad? De gea was considered "world class" with Atletico too and fuk me is he an average goalkeeper in the premier league. the thing with La liga is these keepers don't have long balls/crosses to handle. the premier league is the most difficult league for goalkeepers. Cech has been here for a decade and he's in his early thirties. Van der sar moved to United from Fulham when he was in his 30's and ended up retiring at 40.We don't need him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HD3D 1,038 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 You don't keep 2 world class goalkeepers in 1 team. It doesn't work.Ok. YouNameIt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Weckerz 3,781 Posted January 24, 2014 Popular Post! Share Posted January 24, 2014 Yea, I'm sure Diego Lopez is the first name that comes to mind when talking about world class keepers. Ridiculous that he's getting compared to De Gea as well; just because they both played for Atletico. De Gea isn't fit to polish Courtois' boots. The Mak, Tomo, didierforever and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnythefirst 1,076 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Whats the difference between De gea and this lad? De gea was considered "world class" with Atletico too and fuk me is he an average goalkeeper in the premier league. the thing with La liga is these keepers don't have long balls/crosses to handle. the premier league is the most difficult league for goalkeepers. Cech has been here for a decade and he's in his early thirties. Van der sar moved to United from Fulham when he was in his 30's and ended up retiring at 40. Schmeichel for example, was already well down hill in his later years at united.We don't need him.Don't you just love how people keep bringing up Van der Sar like he's somehow the norm. Cech is a guy in his thirties who has to keep wearing the helmet in your nick because he suffered a tragic injury to the head. There's absolutely no guarantee he'll keep playing until even 35. I'd be delighted for him if he could, but I don't think it's very realistic to expect it. The only place to be and Stingray 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorontoChelsea 4,064 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Don't you just love how people keep bringing up Van der Sar like he's somehow the norm. Cech is a guy in his thirties who has to keep wearing the helmet in your nick because he suffered a tragic injury to the head. There's absolutely no guarantee he'll keep playing until even 35. I'd be delighted for him if he could, but I don't think it's very realistic to expect it.It's not just Van Der Sar who lasted a long time. Pretty much all keepers do. Seaman played at Arsenal until he was 40. Buffon is 36 and still an elite keeper. Schmeichel was still in the Premier League at 40. Oliver Khan played with Bayern until he was 73.Etc...There are very good reasons to choose Courtois to move on with, but Cech about to fall apart is not one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnythefirst 1,076 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 It's not just Van Der Sar who lasted a long time. Pretty much all keepers do. Seaman played at Arsenal until he was 40. Buffon is 36 and still an elite keeper. Schmeichel was still in the Premier League at 40. Oliver Khan played with Bayern until he was 73.Etc...There are very good reasons to choose Courtois to move on with, but Cech about to fall apart is not one of them. Seaman kinda sucked as an older keeper. He only stayed in the NT because there was no one else.Schmeichel was already on the decline when he won the CL in 99Buffon is 4 years from 40.Khan was still good but stopped at 37.Got any more? ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorontoChelsea 4,064 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Seaman kinda sucked as an older keeper. He only stayed in the NT because there was no one else.Schmeichel was already on the decline when he won the CL in 99Buffon is 4 years from 40.Khan was still good but stopped at 37.Got any more? ;-)But all of those were still good for 4 or 5 years minimum after Chech's age. That's the point. You can't build football teams for 7 years down the road anymore. Things change too drastically. Look at Mata leaving. To make a move because we will be better off in 6 years is crazy. (That's not to say we should bring back to Courtois, just that this shouldn't be the reason.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediator 2,026 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Got any more? ;-) yeah this guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Arrogant attitude towards the club He wants to know his future, so does the Spanish press. It's not like he's badmouthing the club.The proper answer to the questions by the Spanish media is: "I am now just focusing on my season with Athletico and achieving the club's objectives and winning the league".He says this an awful lot, that's he is supposedly not scared of the competition. I think he's Petrified by it. :tophat:That's terrible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only place to be 11,313 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 It's not just Van Der Sar who lasted a long time. Pretty much all keepers do. Seaman played at Arsenal until he was 40. Buffon is 36 and still an elite keeper. Schmeichel was still in the Premier League at 40. Oliver Khan played with Bayern until he was 73.Etc...There are very good reasons to choose Courtois to move on with, but Cech about to fall apart is not one of them. That selection of keepers does raise an interesting point.Look how long it took United to replace Schmeichel. Look at how Arsenal struggled to get an established number one after Seaman. Khan played until he was older, but it cost Bayern €22 million to replace him. Buffon has lasted a while but he's still the most expensive keeper ever.Replacing world class keepers isn't that easy, and rarely is it that cheap. We have a chance to go from one of the world's best 4 keepers to another. That opportunity might be unique in the history of football (could spend my day researching that.....nah). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hamilton 2,120 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 So, some spanish media saying we throw in Courtois and 40m for Costa ???That would be crazy! Stingray 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray 9,441 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 So, some spanish media saying we throw in Courtois and 40m for Costa ??? That would be crazy! Pure and utter idiocy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 So, some spanish media saying we throw in Courtois and 40m for Costa ???That would be crazy!Why dont they say we put whole squad and 40m for Costa. It would make more sense... Roquila and Stingray 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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