He is considered the world’s second best goalkeeper. At Belgium, he is the indisputable first goalkeeper on the national team. Then Thibaut Courtois suddenly retired from the national team in June 2023. In recent weeks, things have happened at the Belgian national team that make the Real Madrid goalkeeper look forward to more international matches.
It was a conflict with then-national team coach Dominic Tedesco that caused Courtois to resign. The star goalkeeper did not go quietly through the exit door, and made it clear that Tedesco was ruining the national team.
Tedesco was fired on January 17, now Rudi Garcia takes over the reins and Cortois directly opens the door.
“I don’t want to comment too much on it yet, but it’s true that I’ve spoken to the national coach, and he’s also coming to Madrid soon. It’s starting to look good. It has always been my ultimate goal to experience the World Cup in 2026. We’ll see what the future brings, but at the moment it looks positive,” the Belgian goalkeeper said according to VTM Nieuws.
Before sending an elbow in the direction of Tedesco, who left the job after losing to Israel.
“It was solely because of the former coach. For various reasons, I had several clashes with the former coach. I also think that you can now see that I was right,” Courtois concludes.
