Thibaut Courtois

[nadavTKL 1,787]

I really hope Chelsea and Atletico will not meet in the semi final. I can understand this whole deal to come over as quite disgusting to the neutral public. It was a very bright idea, but it won't get Chelsea any sympathy... (and that's me being polite).

Sympathy you say? that ship has sailed long ago..

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

Ok, forget the sympathy then, there's still sportsmanship to consider. He made them get to the semi finals, he should have the right to aim for the trophy with them in my eyes.

If football is merely business, why don't we all stop following it and in stead watch a banker count his money for 90 minutes.

I'd rather postpone the whole business until the final, and when it comes to it, may the best team win.

[Special Juan 28,100]

Let him play, knock the amount off a deal for Costa.

[LeonDavis23 371]

Has this guy ever worn a Chelsea shirt?

[Atholy 1,293]

What if:

We let Thibaut play against us BUT he would unfortunately have 2 (or 1 in the final) bad nights...

and would let us score a few goals gratuit

:blue scalf:

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

Has this guy ever worn a Chelsea shirt?

Don't think so...

[didierforever 7,349]

Ok, forget the sympathy then, there's still sportsmanship to consider. He made them get to the semi finals, he should have the right to aim for the trophy with them in my eyes.

If football is merely business, why don't we all stop following it and in stead watch a banker count his money for 90 minutes.

I'd rather postpone the whole business until the final, and when it comes to it, may the best team win.

what unsportmanship have we shown here. courtois is a CHELSEA player. he was simply LOANED out. the contract would have been signed in the complete knowledge of ATM, courtois and chelsea. we dint hold a gun to their forehead and make them sign it.

if everton was fighting for the title and hypothetically it all came down to everton vs chelsea on the final day of PL. would u say its un sportman to not let lukaku play the game?

football is as much a business as it is a sport. we do business to get the best deals on players we deem the best suited for us. and then we come down to the field.

[Beirut_Blues 306]

suppose its an atletico chelsea final... i say let courtois play, beat him, and show em why he shouldnt think twice abt stayin put at chelsea.

[Special Juan 28,100]

Imagine the scenes...

Chelsea face Atleti in the final, we win and at the final whistle he celebrates by running the full length of the field.

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

if everton was fighting for the title and hypothetically it all came down to everton vs chelsea on the final day of PL. would u say its un sportman to not let lukaku play the game?

I would say that, yes.

Anderlecht loans players out all the time, and they play against us several times a year.

[iseah100 5,612]

I would say that, yes.

Anderlecht loans players out all the time, and they play against us several times a year.

Absolutely unsportman like. They worj their asses off with THAT team and should be able to reap the benefits and participate in a huge game. Imo.

[The_Flash 1,144]

Interesting he probably won't be playing if we draw them as they'd have to pay us, is it £4m each game, wow,lol

[didierforever 7,349]

I would say that, yes.

Anderlecht loans players out all the time, and they play against us several times a year.

with all due respect, we are talking about CL (semis or maybe a final).

moreover, simply cant get my head around the "unsportsman" argument.

these are professional players who have a contract and would play and pay accordingly.

it like saying, it was "unsportsman" of liverpool to sell torres to chelsea for 50mil, or that it was unsportsman of spurs to sell bale to RM for a whoping 100mil.

plus its not like chelsea is stopping ATM from playing courtois. if they want, they can play him. sell costa for a lesser value or cut some deal. this is just a good piece of business from our board, to call it "unsportsman" is absolutely unfair to them.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Yeah, the footballing world would hate us even more than they already do if we were to hold Atletico to this payment. Imagine if both of us made it to the final and we made them pay up or force them to sit him. We'd be seen as " the biggest cunts in football" and it would probably destroy any chance of us getting Costa. Not to mention piss Courtois off for ruining what may be a once in a lifetime chance.

I'd just let him play. José always talks about wanting to play against the best sides and how it will be a nice test for us, so let's just allow them to use him if we draw them.

This below is the best solution

Let him play, knock the amount off a deal for Costa.

[bushman 2,043]

As I already said yesterday. A preliminary contract signed with Costa with lowered price & let Courtois enjoy playing in his biggest games of his career. He may even sign an extension with Chelsea, willingly for several years. All parties are happy, we are happy & Chelsea wins the CL. lol.