Thibaut Courtois

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

what if he saves the deciding penalty in the 93rd minute? can you see our fans accepting him next season after denying us the chance of winning the Holy Grail of football?

I would worry more if he lets the last one in too easily... ;-)

[mccg 1,528]

Should have loaned him out to a prem team this season!!!

[meetdoscar 335]

Well four outstanding keepers in the semi finals. Infact the four best keepers in the world. Courtois must play, its only fair to him.

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

Should have loaned him out to a prem team this season!!!

Like what team exactly? I'm sure he'd be very happy at Stoke after winning a European Final a year ago.

Or should they have loaned him out to City or Arsenal or the Spurs? Why not give them Hazard too, while you're at it. Makes things a bit challenging.

[chelsea blue 615]

Thibaut Courtois will NOT play against his parent club Chelsea in the Champions League semi-final, according to reports in Spain.

The Blues will take on Atletico Madrid later this month for a place in the final in Lisbon in May.

And according to Marca, the Belgian stopper won't go up against his parent club - as Diego Simeone wants to keep him on loan next season.

Courtois has been a major reason for Atletico's rise this season, and was again in outstanding form as Los Rojiblancos saw off Barcelona in their quarter-final clash this week.

Now he could stand in the way of his parent club, after UEFA declared that any clause denying him the opportunity to play in the semi-final was “null, void and unenforceable” .

Publicly Chelsea have stated that they are prepared for the young keeper to play, with chief executive Ron Gourlay stating: “As far as the player is concerned, Thibaut, he can play against Chelsea, in both ties, if he is selected...That is fact.”

But behind the scenes they are known to be furious that the clause inserted in Courtois' deal in the Spanish capital at the start of his third loan spell has been overruled by UEFA.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Extending contract, loaning him back to atletico and keeping Cech for another year would be best possible deal.

[The Skipper 20,593]

There's always the chance that Courtois does a WWF-style move in the 90th minute of the second leg. Score is 0-0, extra time is looming, Torres takes a shot from 12 yards which eventually reaches Courtois's hands....the players move up the field, Courtois looks long then all of a sudden drops the ball to his feet, turns towards the Matthew Harding stand and kicks the ball high into the net.

The crowd goes wild, the Atletico players are bemused and Courtois runs to the corner flag, tears off his Atletico shirt and reveals......

a Chelsea shirt!!!!

Platini runs to the pitch remonstrating with the ref when all of a sudden Bruce Buck chair-shots him to the back of the head and Ron Gourlay belly-flops him, all the while Mourinho just nodding his head and smiling.

Then Simeone puts on one of those Mexican wrestling masks and everything gets a bit weird.....

This is why he can't play against us....it's so obvious when you think about it.

LOL. Epic.

[mccg 1,528]

Like what team exactly? I'm sure he'd be very happy at Stoke after winning a European Final a year ago.

Or should they have loaned him out to City or Arsenal or the Spurs? Why not give them Hazard too, while you're at it. Makes things a bit challenging.[/quote

Any team in prem that would give him experience and dont want him too happy that he never plays for us(all these players thinking there bigger than the Cfc shirt and respecting we own his contract bustmyballsfc)!!And for your stupido comment on Hazard well...

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

Any team in prem that would give him experience and dont want him too happy that he never plays for us(all these players thinking there bigger than the Cfc shirt and respecting we own his contract bustmyballsfc)!!And for your stupido comment on Hazard well...

The point is that he's far too good to be playing for any team not in the absolute top four, and Chelsea wouldn't loan him to them (duh). Players should respect their team, but the team should respect its players as well. That's how it works.

Also, what kind of experience would he be needing by now? K, he won the Spanish cup, the Europa Cup, is on top of the Spanish league right now and kept several clean sheets in the Champions league. But hey, I bet he could still learn a few tricks at Sunderland.

[didierforever 7,349]

There's always the chance that Courtois does a WWF-style move in the 90th minute of the second leg. Score is 0-0, extra time is looming, Torres takes a shot from 12 yards which eventually reaches Courtois's hands....the players move up the field, Courtois looks long then all of a sudden drops the ball to his feet, turns towards the Matthew Harding stand and kicks the ball high into the net.

The crowd goes wild, the Atletico players are bemused and Courtois runs to the corner flag, tears off his Atletico shirt and reveals......

a Chelsea shirt!!!!

Platini runs to the pitch remonstrating with the ref when all of a sudden Bruce Buck chair-shots him to the back of the head and Ron Gourlay belly-flops him, all the while Mourinho just nodding his head and smiling.

Then Simeone puts on one of those Mexican wrestling masks and everything gets a bit weird.....

This is why he can't play against us....it's so obvious when you think about it.

:lol:

if it comes down to a fist fight among every1, i think ivanovic would be the last man standing.

[mccg 1,528]

The point is that he's far too good to be playing for any team not in the absolute top four, and Chelsea wouldn't loan him to them (duh). Players should respect their team, but the team should respect its players as well. That's how it works.

Also, what kind of experience would he be needing by now? K, he won the Spanish cup, the Europa Cup, is on top of the Spanish league right now and kept several clean sheets in the Champions league. But hey, I bet he could still learn a few tricks at Sunderland.

I watched him flap around with crosses so the point is if he is going to play for Cfc wouldnt it be good to give him some experience of the difference of leagues and also what favours are A.Madrid going to do for us not many me thinks

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

The ball is just as round in the Premier League man.

Also, he'll get some experience playing Chelsea. Should be enough. ;-)

[didierforever 7,349]

I watched him flap around with crosses so the point is if he is going to play for Cfc wouldnt it be good to give him some experience of the difference of leagues and also what favours are A.Madrid going to do for us not many me thinks

when did that happen?

anyways, considering he has been the best goalie in the la liga, i would take his "flapping" on crosses rather than cech coming half way to collect the ball and then standing in no man's land for crosses (wba, psg etc etc) or even getting beat at his near post (psg, manc).

[mccg 1,528]

The ball is just as round in the Premier League man.

Also, he'll get some experience playing Chelsea. Should be enough. ;-)

Yeah but the premiership is more physical and more crosses than la liga so a season in it would be good prep for taking over from Cech me thinks

[mccg 1,528]

when did that happen?

anyways, considering he has been the best goalie in the la liga, i would take his "flapping" on crosses rather than cech coming half way to collect the ball and then standing in no man's land for crosses (wba, psg etc etc) or even getting beat at his near post (psg, manc).

Yeah me too but a season in the prem wouldnt have done no him any harm as prep for the Cfc no1 jersey

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

Yeah but the premiership is more physical and more crosses than la liga so a season in it would be good prep for taking over from Cech me think

It'll never happen. ;-)

[mccg 1,528]

Extending contract, loaning him back to atletico and keeping Cech for another year would be best possible deal.

We better get Costa after all this balls and this dude Courtois can come to Cfc nxt season and fight for the No1 jersey

[sdrcfc 461]

:lol:

if it comes down to a fist fight among every1, i think ivanovic would be the last man standing.

Matic!