Thibaut Courtois reacted to the information stating his departure from the selection because he was not the appointed captain in the absence of Kevin De Bruyne.
During this international break, Belgium is in doubt. After a failed World Cup, the Red Devils were surprised by Austria at home 1-1. Following this, tensions appeared between the new coach, Domenico Tedesco and his players, in particular Thibaut Courtois. Indeed, the Real Madrid goalkeeper feels entitled to wear the famous captain’s armband, which returned last Saturday to Romelu Lukaku in the absence of Kevin De Bruyne and a now retired Eden Hazard.
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The German coach arrived after the World Cup, knows his first problems and must impose himself in a dressing room which knows each other perfectly, with its palpable tensions of long date also. Following a press conference, the former Leipzig coach explained that he did not understand his goalkeeper’s attitude. “ We had decided that Romelu would be captain on Saturday and Thibaut on Tuesday. It was okay. After the game, he felt offended by this. I am surprised and shocked. I didn’t expect something like this to happen. He felt offended and decided to leave the group. I tried to talk to him, because it was a big decision “, delivered the coach of the Red Devils.
Courtois is officially out with a knee injury
Reacting to this information, Thibaut Courtois responded doubly on an Instagram post. “ It’s not the first time I’ve spoken to a coach about dressing room issues, but it’s the first time someone has decided to report this publicly. I am deeply disappointed with this, but I want to clarify that the coach’s assessments do not correspond to reality “Lamented the Real Madrid goalkeeper, before explaining that his departure from the group was in fact simply linked to a problem with his right knee seen with the medical staff of his selection.
Inevitably, this knee injury which justifies his absence for the last match challenges the followers of the Red Devils, for whom this physical concern is timely. Lots of questions need to be answered before the start of Euro 2024 in Germany in a year, but first do you have to qualify for this competition.
