Courtois Extension May Be Used to Sweeten Costa Deal
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dailymail.co.ukPosted Mar 31, 2014, 11:25 PM UTC
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dailymail.co.ukAm I wrong in thinking that a player can't be loaned more than 3 seasons? If so, this article makes zero sense.
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I've read somewhere that if Courtois renews his contract with Chelsea, he can get loaned for another 1-3 years to Atletico again. Don't know if this is true
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I mean it would be a dream scenario to keep Courtois on loan for one more year and give Cech another. I think at that point Courtois would probably surpass Cech if he continues to develop. It would certainly make the keeper situation easier to handle and if we got Costa out of it too it would be a great piece of business. Too bad it won't happen.
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I don't get why some people think the Casillas-Lopez thing would work at Chelsea. Heck it doesn't even work at Real, Casillas being disgruntled and all and Lopez wanting to leave end of the season after coming underfire for being too good for his own sake. If we want Courtois to stay, Cech has to go. No other way really.
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Yeah, but Casillas and Lopez are not Cech and Courtois. Different people, different skills, and different egos. That's no guarantee that it'll work out any better, but I personally presume that Cech would be a lot more graceful about it (a la Brad Friedel at Shits Spurs) than Lopez. Yet, I could be completely wrong.
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The problem is Cech is still in absolutely fine form. I mean, he saves our ass so many times and rarely makes a mistake so it's hard to give him the boot even if he is approaching the end of his career.
Courtois really doesn't seem to be in much need of a transition year as he is also playing really well. I don't envy who has to make that decision.
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Hoping that Cech stays if that's the case. If not, we should really have Courtois in the net. At this point, we need a striker more than a keeper, but there really is NO replacement for Cech in my book.
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Cech really is invaluable, and he has a couple more seasons in him. It's just so incredible how fast Courtois developed we now have a surplus of world class goalkeepers.
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Heard a rumour we can get around the three year loan issue if he signed a new contract with us...if Mourinho let him go it really would be a monumental error. Not in the knee jerk Mata style reaction, but a genuine mistake. There is no other goalkeeper in the world on the same level as Courtois under the age of 22, and Blackman/Beeney will never be good enough to replace Cech. For the good of the club and our future, if the decision comes to Cech or Courtois we may have to make the hard decision and let Cech go.
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The only player we will use to get Costa is Torres.
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Loads of things may be. Should we list them all?
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Fair enough. About as pointless speculating as it is talking about any given player or team's performance. We have equal control over both... Not like Abromovich cruises Reddit for ideas & feedback.
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Aren't there stipulations against loaning a player out for more than 3 yrs?
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What's wrong with it? I figure if he's still under contract at Chelsea then what does it matter?
Because it's against the rules.
He does have a soul.
Can you be more specific?
It is not allowed. a player can not be loaned to the same clubs for more than 3 seasons.