Thibaut Courtois

[MCM4PR3Z 411]

Buffon:

"My favourite goalkeeper now? I think Neuer is a very good goalkeeper, Joe Hart is also good. But the young goalkeeper that I like the most, that is the Belgian one, Thibaut Courtois. I really love watching him play."

Never heard an ex-goalkeeper or goalkeeper that answered De Gea. All the legends and top goalkeepers now say Courtois. Even Schmeichel said 1. Neuer 2. Courtois this season without mentioning another goalkeeper. De Gea is so overrated and Courtois so underrated. Only the legends and current goalkeepers know he is a class above De Gea .

Even Gary Neville said this winter that he thought Courtois was the best player in England this season, De Gea must be pissed if he reads the truth in interviews .

[Viper22 2,418]

Buffon:

"My favourite goalkeeper now? I think Neuer is a very good goalkeeper, Joe Hart is also good. But the young goalkeeper that I like the most, that is the Belgian one, Thibaut Courtois. I really love watching him play."

Never heard an ex-goalkeeper or goalkeeper that answered De Gea. All the legends and top goalkeepers now say Courtois. Even Schmeichel said 1. Neuer 2. Courtois this season without mentioning another goalkeeper. De Gea is so overrated and Courtois so underrated. Only the legends and current goalkeepers know he is a class above De Gea .

Even Gary Neville said this winter that he thought Courtois was the best player in England this season, De Gea must be pissed if he reads the truth in interviews .

De Gea will be at RM within the next month or so.

There he can be vastly over-rated 1 week and then crucified the next. And that's by his own fans.

Tibo is the 2nd best GK in the world ATM, only Neuer is currently better.

Let's not forget either that this was apparently his 'settling in' season. He should be even better next year!! Good luck PL strikers....

[MCM4PR3Z 411]

According to Italian newspapers, Real Madrid wants to offer €100M for Courtois. Looks like bs to me, but a cool story to fill your newspapers anyway.

[mediator 2,026]

100 M

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

£70m? For a goalie?

I'd take that...

[Jase 43,479]

Chelsea scare off Real Madrid with £73m Thibaut Courtois price tag

[milka 3,390]

Real Madrid is a big circus

First De Gea now Tibo Courtois

[pHaRaOn 2,131]

Real Madrid is a big circus

First De Gea now Tibo Courtois

First it was Thibaut, now De Gea

[Tomo 21,751]

£70m? For a goalie?

I'd take that...

I wouldn't.

Tibo is a special keeper and no one his age is close to his level, infact only Neuer is full stop, I truly believe we have a goalkeeping revelation on our hands the lad has got everything.

[Amblève. 4,995]

You only don't accept 70m if your GK is scoring 20 goals/season from open play. Otherwise you'd be a huge idiot if you didn't take such a deal seeing as GK is the easiest position to replace someone.

[Tomo 21,751]

You only don't accept 70m if your GK is scoring 20 goals/season from open play. Otherwise you'd be a huge idiot if you didn't take such a deal seeing as GK is the easiest position to replace someone.

No it isn't, United took over half a decade to replace Schmeichel properly and Arsenal still haven't really replaced Seaman, I can't stress enough how lucky we are to flick from one world class keeper to the other.

Say Cech leaves this summer and Tibo next? Who could we bring in that's anywhere near the level of Courtois? We could end up with our very own Barthez.

Quality world class keeper's are gold dust in this day in age, there's a reason Real are prepared to break the bank for this guy and unless we can replace him like for like (we can't) we shouldn't even consider letting him go.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

I don't know but I have a feeling we will see a better Courtois, if Cech leave.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I don't know but I have a feeling we will see a better Courtois, if Cech leave.

Disagree, Petr was a HUGE help for Thibaut this season always giving him advice and tips about teams and small things that make a difference. We might miss that experience next season, but then again Thibaut must gain his own experience.

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

Does courtois count as homegrown?

[MCM4PR3Z 411]

I don't know but I have a feeling we will see a better Courtois, if Cech leave.

He has had a magnificent season. The perception of the people will be more neutral if Cech leaves, that will be the biggest thing that will change. If Courtois makes a tiny mistake, the media and forums explode because Cech is on the bench for that young bastard. If De Gea makes 10 very bad mistakes in a row, everybody chants his name and he is the best.