What began being a rumour has turned into reality. The Real Madrid has closed officially the signing of Thibaut Courtois of face to the next six seasons, until 2024, and has yielded to Mateo Kovacic to Chelsea so that the Croatian midfield player have of the minutes of game that wished, to the not to have them with assiduity in the group merengue because of the high competition.
The group merengue, in this sense, has achieved to do with the reinforcement that looked for for the goal, after the incorporations frustrated of David Of Gea and Kepa Arrizabalaga, and from now is an incógnita what sucederá with Keylor Navas, if the costarricense will compete with the Belgian by the titularity in the goal merengue or if, by the contrary, will do the cases to look for an exit.
The Real Madrid has done official the agreement in the last hours, informing that Courtois will be presented this Thursday to the 13:00 hours in the official loge of Santiago Bernabéu. To continuation, will step the lawn and will offer his first press conference like player of the Real Madrid.
"Go back to Madrid? For me they are very important my children, always have said it, and live here", recognised Courtois at the beginning of the month of July. Now, already it has fulfilled his aim to return to Spain to play in LaLiga, where already remained some seasons in the Athletic of Madrid, one of the eternal rival of the 'vikingos'.
In this coyuntura, will be morboso see how receives the fans merengue to Thibaut Courtois, and also the fans of the Athletic of Madrid when to the Belgian touch him play in Wanda Metropolitan, that will be a pot to pressure, sure, to put him nervous.
Overbooking Of goalkeepers in the Real Madrid
The arrival of Courtois is a good news for Julen Lopetegui, although the Real Madrid will have to face up now to the 'overbooking' existent in the goal merengue. And it is that Courtois will compete, for the moment, with Keylor Navas, Kiko Box and Andriy Lunin.
The most likely is that it was Box the elected to do the cases, whereas Lunin also could leave in shape of cession or enjoy of minutes with the Real Madrid-Castilla. No descarta, besides, that Keylor Navas leave if it arrives a good offer.