Jose Mourinho: Thibaut Courtois will return to Chelsea this summer• ‘Courtois will be coming straight back – end of story’• Portuguese also has ‘total confidence’ in signing Costa 
Jose Mourinho has confirmed that Thibaut Courtois will return to Chelsea for pre-season, following his two-year loan spell at Atletico Madrid. “When the World Cup in Brazil is over, Courtois will be coming straight back to Stamford Bridge – end of story” the Portuguese told Marca. The Belgian has yet to play for Chelsea competitively following his move from Genk in 2011 and has been on loan at Atletico Madrid for the past three seasons, with his performances in the last campaign integral in helping Atletico to the La Liga title and to the Champions League final.
He is now widely regarded as the world’s most accomplished young goalkeeper.
Currently with the Belgian World Cup squad as they prepare for their World Cup opening game against Algeria on Tuesday,
the 22-year-old revealed earlier this week that he would only be happy to return to Chelsea if he was Mourinho’s No1 choice.
‘Do I want to be No1 wherever I play next season? Yes, I think with my age and the performances I had I want to play. To be on the bench is not the nicest thing.Chelsea’s decision to recall Courtois puts real doubt over the future of Petr Cech, who has largely been unchallenged for Chelsea’s jersey since his own arrival to the club in 2004.
At just 32 years of age, there would be no shortage of suitors for his signature.
Mourinho also mentioned that he has “total confidence” in bringing Diego Costa to Chelsea. “Costa is a player who I want to have in my team”, he said. “I’ve asked my club for him and I have total confidence that we’re going to achieve it and he will end up signing for Chelsea.”
Chelsea have already started their summer rebuilding after failing to win a trophy last season, with the club this week announcing the signing of Cesc Fabregas from Barcelona.
Several first-team players are also set to leave the club this summer, but Mourinho insists midfielder Ramires will not be one of them. Reports in Spain suggest Real Madrid’s former Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti is keen on taking the Brazil international –
who the Italian signed from Benfica in 2010 when he was in charge at Stamford Bridge – to the Bernabeu this summer.
However, Mourinho is adamant the 27-year-old is not going anywhere, saying:
“Ramires is staying at Chelsea, he’s not for sale. I have a great relationship with important people at Real Madrid and they know that Ramires is going to stay at Chelsea.”
The Portuguese, who left Madrid last summer to return to Chelsea, also rubbished speculation he was looking to raid the European champions for any of their players.
“They (Real Madrid) know that Ramires isn’t going, but they also know that I’m not interested in any Real Madrid player,”
Mourinho added. (Raphael) Varane and (Sami) Khedira? I repeat that I’m not interested in any Madrid player, full stop.” http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/15/thibaut-courtois-chelsea-returning-atletico-madrid [ 此帖被羅力亞在2014-06-16 12:17重新編輯 ]
