Thibaut Courtois is despised with the coach's decision (©Julian Finney/Getty Images)
Thibaut Courtois is despised with the coach's decision (©Julian Finney/Getty Images)

Vanity affair: Courtois triggers chaos in Belgium team for not being captain

Reading Time: 2min | Mon. 19.06.23. | 19:08

Apparently, the Real Madrid keeper was furious after the armband was given to Lukaku following De Bruyne's injury. So he left the team ahead of tonight's clash with Estonia

He was not stripped of the captaincy. He was never a captain. And, obviously, it bothered him a lot. Actually, too much.

After Eden Hazard said farewell to the Red Devils, Kevin de Bruyne inherited his captain's armband, but following KDB's recent injury, Belgium's new gaffer Domenico Tedesco found himself in front of a puzzle. Romelu Lukaku or Thibaut Courtois?

His choice for the game against Austria was Big Rom, and it triggered chaos as the 31-year-old custodian went berserk for being left without what he believed he deserved.  

So after a 1-1 EURO 2024 qualifiers draw on Saturday night, Courtois left the national team camp.

Media in Belgium reported that he had told his national teammates that he was unhappy because he wasn't the captain and didn't join the team's camp ahead of Monday's game against Estonia.


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