Real goalkeeper is out for a long time
Will Courtois’ tears become a problem for FC Bayern?
8/10/2023 4:36 p.m
FC Bayern Munich would also like to sign a top goalkeeper who has a very special profile: The new one has to endure the fact that he is likely to lose his regular place to a club saint in the medium term. Complicated enough. In addition, there are now two top clubs who are looking.
Real Madrid will be without goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois for a long time. The 31-year-old suffered a cruciate ligament rupture in his left knee during training, the Spanish football champion said. The Belgian national goalkeeper should be operated on “in the next few days”. The club did not provide any information on the duration of the forced break
Courtois was taken from the field on a stretcher at the Valdebebas training center northeast of Madrid, Spanish media wrote. The professional cried. It was “a hard blow” for Real before the start of the league on Saturday at Athletic Bilbao, headlined “AS”, and “Marca” wrote of “very bad news”. Courtois is one of the mainstays of coach Carlo Ancelotti’s team.
Top candidate is Spaniard
This leaves Ancelotti with only the Ukrainian reserve goalkeeper Andriy Lunin available. The Royals will now also be looking for a goalkeeper – and thus be a highly attractive rival for FC Bayern on the small market. Because after the departure of Yann Sommer and the uncertain future prospects of Manuel Neuer, who has been missing since December, the Bundesliga club also wants to sign an internationally experienced goalkeeper who would fit into a role between placeholder and challenger. It gets complicated. Spanish media named the Spaniard Kepa, the Moroccan Bono and Giorgi Mamardashvili from Valencia FC as candidates for Real Madrid. All three were recently traded as possible newcomers to FC Bayern.
According to a report by Sky, FC Bayern should focus primarily on Kepa. The bosses of the German record champions are convinced “according to internal analyzes of the quality and character” of the 28-year-old. Munich have reportedly already made an official offer to Chelsea. It is said to be a one-year loan with a subsequent purchase option. The 13-time national player has been playing in London since the summer of 2018. Chelsea had signed him for 80 million euros from Athletic Bilbao at the time – no goalkeeper cost more.